EPR involves several different actors - and it is not always obvious who does what. Here you get a clear overview of the roles, so you know who to engage with.
Danish Producer Responsibility (DPA) administers the national producer register. The Danish Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for the overall regulation. If you need a formal clarification of whether your company is covered, DPA is the natural point of contact.
Your company is responsible for being correctly registered, reporting the correct data and financing the management of the products you place on the market. The legal responsibility rests with you - even when you use a Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO).
A PRO handles the practical and administrative obligations on behalf of your company. This may include reporting, waste management, documentation and dialogue with authorities and waste operators.
Your company:
Retur:
The authorities:
Can provide formal clarification if there is uncertainty about the rules or whether your company is covered
The municipalities are an important part of the overall waste infrastructure.
They operate or coordinate many of the collection points where citizens and businesses hand in waste from products subject to EPR.
The PROs - including Retur - enter into agreements with municipalities, transport operators and treatment facilities to ensure that the collected waste is managed correctly and documented.