Extended Producer Responsibility
Producer responsibility applies to approximately 50,000 Finnish manufacturers, importers and packers as well as distance sellers.
- Producer Responsibility
- News
- Producer responsibility
- What is Extended Producer Responsibility?
- Who is subject to Extended Producer Responsibility?
- How to manage Extended Producer Responsibility
- Avoid extra charges
- Recycling statistics
- Legislation
- Information on distance selling
- Who is a distance seller?
- How does a distance seller meet their Extended Producer Responsibility obligations?
- Producer registers in EU countries
- Information for the retailer
- For Producer Organisations
- For Consumers and Housing Companies
- EPR for the costs of waste collection and cleaning up litter
- Mitä siivouskustannusvastuu tarkoittaa?
- Tietoa tuottajille
- Tietoa kunnille
- Reporting of municipality’s costs of waste collection and cleaning up litter
- FAQ
- Whistleblowing form
Legislation
The Waste Act stipulates that companies subject to Extended Producer Responsibility are responsible for the management of the waste from products they place on the market when they are no longer in use. Under Extended Producer Responsibility, the recycling and disposal of end-of-life products is free of charge for consumers. Extended Producer Responsibility includes manufacturers, importers, distance sellers and packers.
In addition to the Waste Act, Extended Producer Responsibility is regulated by EU regulations, which are binding in all EU countries. There are also other national regulations.
Product-specific decrees (in Finnish)
- Batteries and accumulators (finlex.fi)
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning batteries and waste batteries (eur-lex.europa.eu)
- Automobiles (finlex.fi)
- Packaging (finlex.fi)
- Beverage packaging (finlex.fi)
- Paper and paper products (finlex.fi)
- Tyres original version (finlex.fi) + amendments 2021 (finlex.fi)
- Electrical and electronic equipment (finlex.fi)
- SUP products (finlex.fi), Fishing gear (finlex.fi), Compensations paid to municipalities (SUP-products) (finlex.fi)
Other Regulations
- Act on Criteria for Charges Payable to the State (150/1992), (finlex.fi)
- Government Decree on fee-based services provided by the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment, Employment and Economic Development Services and Development and Administration Centres in 2024 (1215/2023) (finlex.fi)
ely-updated 04.04.2024