EPR fundamentals
A revenue, tonnage or unit level below which a producer is exempt from some or all EPR obligations in a jurisdiction.
Most schemes exempt very small producers, typically by annual revenue, tonnage placed on the market, or both. Thresholds vary widely and are often revised, and some exemptions cover fees only, leaving a registration or reporting duty in place.
Exemptions are per jurisdiction, not global. A company below the threshold in one US state can be obligated in the next, and EU thresholds bear no relation to US ones.
Because thresholds are tested against actual volumes, a company near the line should monitor it during the year rather than discovering after the fact that it crossed and failed to register.
The legal entity responsible for registering and paying EPR fees on packaging, usually the brand owner and otherwise the importer or first seller.
The legal moment when packaging first becomes available in a jurisdiction, determining which entity and which year the obligation falls in.
A policy model that makes the producer of a packaged good financially and often operationally responsible for its packaging at end of life.
Packgine resolves your packaging to component level and applies the rules of every market you sell into.