Resources
Plain-English guides on European packaging compliance — written by the team building PackR8, in partnership with our consulting and methodology partners.
PPWR explained: what European producers actually need to do
EU Regulation 2025/40 in plain English. What PPWR is, what it requires, the deadlines that matter, and what producers need to do operationally now.
Read →PPWR Article 6: a complete guide to recyclability grading
How A/B/C/D recyclability grades are determined under PPWR Article 6, what Grade D means after 2030, and the evidence chain producers must maintain.
Read →Declaration of Conformity (Annex VIII): the producer's checklist
What goes in a PPWR Declaration of Conformity, who can sign, what evidence chain is required, and what every producer needs to have ready by August 2026.
Read →EPR in Germany, France and the Netherlands: a multi-market guide
Three EU markets, three EPR schemes (Afvalfonds, Zentrale Stelle/LUCID, CITEO). What each requires, where they differ, and the data model that survives all of them.
Read →PackR8 vs spreadsheets: when packaging data becomes infrastructure
Side-by-side: how spreadsheet-based packaging compliance breaks down at scale, and what changes when you move to a structured platform.
Read →PPWR recycled content reporting explained
How to calculate, document, and audit recycled content claims under PPWR Article 7. Targets per material, mass-balance versus segregated approaches, food contact rules, and audit evidence chain.
Read →EPR for Dutch producers, Afvalfonds in 2026
EPR filing for Dutch producers via Afvalfonds, post-PPWR. How the scheme works, the new harmonised data definitions, eco-modulation criteria, and the link from Afvalfonds figures to PPWR Declarations of Conformity.
Read →EPR for German producers, LUCID and Zentrale Stelle
EPR filing for German producers under VerpackG: LUCID registration, Zentrale Stelle's role, choosing a dual system, system participation declarations, and the alignment with PPWR data definitions from 2026.
Read →PFAS and other restricted substances under PPWR
PPWR Article 5 restricted substances explained. Heavy metal limits, the PFAS phase-out in food contact, the migration testing regime, and how to keep your supplier evidence chain audit-ready.
Read →PPWR reuse and refill targets, sector by sector
PPWR reuse and refill targets explained. Sector-by-sector obligations for beverages, transport packaging, takeaway food, and grouped packaging. Effective dates, baselines, and how reuse interacts with EPR.
Read →Single-use packaging bans under PPWR Annex V
PPWR Annex V single-use packaging bans, format by format. What is banned outright in 2026, what is restricted, exemptions for hygiene and medical use, and the practical redesign implications.
Read →Building the packaging system of record PPWR demands
Why packaging dashboards do not survive a PPWR audit. What a packaging system of record looks like in practice: structured records, version history, evidence pinned to claims, and a path from spreadsheet chaos to PPWR-ready data.
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