Fees and eco-modulation
A discount on EPR fees granted for verified environmental improvements such as recycled content, mono-material design or weight reduction.
Bonuses reward changes the scheme wants to encourage. The most common are verified post-consumer recycled content above a threshold, mono-material construction, improved sortability, weight reduction against a category baseline, and reuse systems.
Bonuses are almost always capped, and almost always require evidence. A recycled content bonus without supplier certification will be refused on audit, and refused bonuses are typically recovered with interest.
Because caps apply, stacking improvements has diminishing returns. Modelling the marginal value of each change before committing to tooling is usually worth more than pursuing every available bonus.
Adjusting EPR fees up or down according to the environmental performance of the packaging, rewarding recyclable design and penalising problem formats.
A surcharge applied to EPR fees for packaging with recognised recyclability problems, such as dark pigments or non-separable multi-material construction.
The share of a packaging component made from material recovered after consumer use, regulated by minimum targets under PPWR and taxed in the UK.
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