Elretur
Elretur helps companies with reporting and the practical management of electronic waste through a single Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO).
Elretur helps companies with reporting and the practical management of electronic waste through a single Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO).
Producer Responsibility Organisation for WEEE
of experience with Extended Producer Responsibility in the Retur family.
One combined Retur membership, regardless of how many schemes you join.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for electronics is not only about registration and reporting. It is also about ensuring that end-of-life products are collected, treated and documented, so that resources can be used as effectively as possible and the requirements placed on the scheme can be met in practice.
As a member, you provide data on the products you place on the market. Elretur uses this data in the further reporting process and organises the part of the waste management that we handle on behalf of our members.
We provide guidance on registration with Danish Producer Responsibility (DPA), product categories and the information you need to have ready. As a member, Elretur reports to DPA on your behalf based on the data you provide.
We organise collection and environmentally sound treatment of electronic waste and document the part of the value chain that we handle. This helps the scheme meet the defined collection and treatment targets.
We provide guidance on typical scope questions, products with built-in batteries and categories that often raise questions. Danish Producer Responsibility can issue formal decisions on matters such as scope, categorisation and registration.
Elretur is Denmark's largest Producer Responsibility Organisation for electronics EPR and part of the Retur family. This gives you a scheme with documented experience, scale and strong operational grounding.
The electronics area is broad. We help you connect products, quantities placed on the market and categories, so reporting can be handled in a more structured way.
If you are already a member of another Retur scheme, your electronics EPR can be brought together in the same place. One membership gives access to relevant schemes across Retur.
Extended Producer Responsibility for electronics is about more than registration and reporting.
Together with HJ Hansen, Retur operates Denmark’s first reuse facility for electronics - Electronic Reuse & Recycling.
As a member, your company helps ensure that usable products are repaired and that materials are recycled through fully documented waste flows.
EPR does not only apply to classic consumer electronics. It can also apply to products with electrical controls, sensors, motors, displays, charging functions or other electrical features.
For registration and reporting, equipment is placed in seven main categories: temperature exchange equipment, screens and monitors, light sources, large equipment, small equipment, small IT and telecommunication equipment and photovoltaic panels.
As a general rule, EPR applies to the company that first places electrical and electronic equipment on the Danish market.
The rules apply both to equipment for private households and equipment sold to businesses.
You must register with Danish Producer Responsibility (DPA) no later than 14 days before you market electrical and electronic equipment for the first time. You register your company yourself, but Elretur can provide guidance on the information you typically need to have ready.
Depending on your company's turnover, the reporting must be documented with either a management statement or an auditor's statement. The threshold depends on the applicable requirements.
Electronics with batteries may be covered by both the electronics and battery rules. The weight of the battery must be deducted from the electronics reporting and handled separately under battery EPR.
Elretur is part of Retur - Denmark's largest family of Producer Responsibility Organisations. Retur also covers batteries, packaging, fishing gear and textiles. One combined Retur membership costs DKK 1,500 per year.
Rules on producer responsibility change constantly. The EU regulates, Denmark implements, and suddenly new requirements apply to your business.
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