Textile directive coming soon

The European Commission is pushing ahead with rules to make producers responsible for the full life cycle of textile products and to support the sustainable management of textile waste across the EU. This initiative accelerates the development of the separate collection, sorting, reuse and recycling sectors for textiles. This is in line with the EU strategy for sustainable and circular textiles. It is expected to create local jobs and save money for consumers, while easing the impact of textile production on natural resources.

Extended producer responsibility to improve waste management

Through extended manufacturer responsibility (EPR), the European Commission aims to address the following:

  • EPR programmes improve waste management of various products, such as packaging, batteries and electrical and electronic equipment. Producers bear the cost of managing textile waste. This also gives them incentives to reduce waste and increase the circularity of textile products by designing better products from the start. How much producers pay into the EPR scheme is adjusted according to the environmental performance of textiles; a principle known as eco-modulation.
  • It makes it easier to collect textiles separately. Producer contributions finance investments in separate collection, sorting, reuse and recycling capacities. This is designed to sort used textiles for reuse or recycling. Social enterprises active in textile collection and processing benefit from increased business opportunities and a bigger market for second-hand textiles.
  • EPR promotes research and development on innovative technologies for the circularity of the textile sector, such as fibre-to-fibre recycling.
  • The EPR addresses the problem of illegal exports of textile waste to countries ill-equipped to manage it. The new law clarifies what is waste and what is considered reusable textiles. This will help stop the export of waste disguised as reusable textiles.

Starting in 2025, the requirement to collect textiles separately will be introduced, in line with current legislation.

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Textile compliance

Registration with ease

Suppose you sell bed linen on the Dutch market. And then you get a great opportunity: you have an opportunity to expand your business to France! What is involved? Although it is a free market with open borders, some regulations are slightly different from those in the Netherlands. Specifically, producer responsibility! We would like to help you with that.

Are you a producer or importer of textiles and do you market these abroad? Then, just like in the Netherlands, you are required to register and report your products to the systems and authorities responsible, in an increasing number of countries. We can take these administrative requirements off your hands, so that you can focus on your clients and selling your products.

The textile directive is coming

The European Commission is pushing ahead with rules to make producers responsible for the full life cycle of textile products and to support the sustainable management of textile waste across the EU. Currently, a number of countries have introduced producer responsibility for textiles. There, you already have to meet the targets introduced by the government, along with registration and reporting requirements.

Textile compliant without worries

Does the mere thought of arranging this give you a headache? We can relieve you of all these laborious tasks. In doing so, we make use of our relations throughout Europe. We use our knowledge and experience to make your producer responsibility abroad compliant.

The new regulations are coming! Read all about it here

Single point of contact

It doesn’t matter how many countries you sell in. With us, you’ll enjoy a single contact person who arranges everything for you. This person requests the information he or she needs from you and arranges all registrations for you. He or she will handle everything else for you with the partners in the other countries.

19+ yearsexperience

30countries

200+satisfied customers

4registrations

Almost 20 years of experience, 200 satisfied customers, registration in 30 countries for e-waste, textile, batteries and packaging.

Periodic reporting after registration

You must submit periodic reports to the collective producer system of the products you have sold. These reports are subject to all kinds of requirements, such as a breakdown into the different types. Would you rather outsource these reports as well?

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WEEE, battery and packaging compliance

Registration with ease

I sell headphones. And business is booming! We now have an opportunity to start conquering the Germany and Belgium markets as well. But what about my producer responsibility in those countries?

That’s a lot to get your head around! Through our webshop, we now sell in 10 European countries, but the regulations are slightly different for each country. I’m more than happy to leave this to another party…

Are you a producer or importer of electrical appliances and do you market these appliances abroad? Then your company must register and report these products to the systems and governments of those countries. You are also responsible for the packaging and for any batteries that are supplied or built-in. How do you arrange that? We are happy to assist you with that.

WEEE directive: The more countries, the more systems

Every country in Europe has its own electronics (WEEE), battery and packaging registration systems. These are compliance schemes. Some countries have one scheme, others have several. Each country and scheme has its own procedures, device categories, financial security terms and costs.

WEEE compliant without worries

Does the mere thought of arranging this give you a headache? We can relieve you of all these laborious tasks. In doing so, we make use of our relations throughout Europe. We use our knowledge and experience to make your producer responsibility abroad compliant.

Would you like to find out more about the Directives for e-waste, batteries and packaging?

Single point of contact

It doesn’t matter how many countries you sell in. With us, you’ll enjoy a single contact person who arranges everything for you. This person requests the information he or she needs from you and arranges all registrations for you. He or she will handle everything else for you with the partners in the other countries.

18+ yearsexperience

30countries

200+satisfied customers

3 registrations

Over 18 years of experience, 200 satisfied customers, registration in 30 countries for e-waste, batteries and packaging.

Periodic reporting after registration

You must submit periodic reports to the collective producer system of the products you have sold, the volume of all batteries and the packaging material you have put on the market. These reports are subject to all kinds of requirements, such as a breakdown of the packaging material into the different types. Would you rather outsource these reports as well? Click here for more information about our reporting service.

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WEEE, textile, battery and packaging reports

Fast service

Reporting is an obligatory part of the WEEE and textile directive. Every country has a different system, different regulations and often a different language. This makes reporting correctly about your e-waste, textile, batteries and packaging quite complex! However, as a producer or importer you are obliged to do so every month or quarter, to every European country to which you sell. We like to make it as easy as possible for you. With our reporting service!

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Single point of contact

It doesn’t matter how many countries you sell in. With us, you’ll enjoy a single contact person who arranges everything for you. Together we ensure that your administration is set up properly to periodically provide the required sales data for each country. This set-up also depends on the countries in which your company is active. Our reporting service makes providing sales and packaging data easy. Your contact person will handle everything else for you with the partners abroad. After the reports have been received, the various foreign compliance systems will send the invoice to your accounts department.

  • almost 20 years of experience
  • over 200 satisfied customers
  • reports in 30 countries
  • for e-waste, textile, batteries and packaging

 

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Read more about the upcoming textile directive

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The European Producer Responsibility Directives

WEEE, battery and packaging

Do you sell electrical appliances in Europe? Then there are 3 Directives you must comply with:

  •       WEEE directive: the e-waste directive
  •       battery directive: the battery directive
  •       packaging directive: the directive for the packaging material in which     you transport your products

 

All 3 of these Directives fall under your producer responsibility. This means that you as a producer or importer remain responsible for your product even after you have sold it and once it becomes waste after use by the customer. For this, you pay other companies to arrange the collection and recycling of e-waste, batteries and packaging material.

WEEE directive: for e-waste recycling

  • You must register and report which volumes you sell on the market per country.
  • Most countries have a collective producer scheme, which collects and recycles e-waste on behalf of producers. You pay them to ensure proper collection and recycling.
  • WEEE registration sometimes runs through the government and sometimes through the collective producer scheme.
  • In some countries, you also have to arrange a security deposit.
  • You are obliged to make a manual, which explains how your product can be repaired.

Want to know more? Read the WEEE directive 2012/19/EU

Battery directive: for battery recycling

  • This concerns both built-in batteries and batteries included separately. Even if the battery is only used as a backup (e.g. a button cell on a printed circuit board).
  • You must register and report which volumes you sell on the market per country.
  • Most countries have a collective producer scheme, which collects and recycles batteries on behalf of producers. Sometimes this is the same scheme as for e-waste, sometimes it is a standalone scheme. You pay them to ensure proper collection and recycling.

 

Want to know more? Read the Batteries directive 2006/66/EC

Packaging directive: for recycling all packaging materials

  • The Directive distinguishes between the different packaging materials: cardboard, glass, wood and metals. You pay a different amount to the producer system for each type of material or plastic, such as PP, PS or EPS.
  • You must register and report which volumes you put onto the market per country.
  • The reporting on sold volumes must be based on weight per type of packaging material.

 

Want to know more? Read the Packaging directive 94/62/EC

Our consultants are happy to help you

Arranging your registration and reporting properly can be complex. The more so since regulations differ from country to country. We are happy to help you to make things as easy as possible for you. You can do this by instructing us to arrange your registrations per country. We can also take care of the reporting for you. This way, you can rest assured that you are compliant and that you meet your producer responsibility.

 

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