EPR Self-Service

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If you sell cross-border to end-consumers in different countries of Europe, (almost) every country has different laws for the recycling of packaging or products, that you must follow. Typically, you as a retailer (that places packaged goods on the market) need to join national recycling schemes and pay fees for recycling (“extended producer responsibility”).

Since the laws and obligations differ by country, it is almost impossible without the help of experts to get compliant with the waste laws of each country.

ecosistant, the first digital consultant for recycling compliance across Europe, can change this for you: Get easy-to-follow compliance guides tailored to your business needs, and always stay up-to-date with our subscription-based service!

Find out more about the perks of using ecosistant here:

This is how ecosistant works

EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) is a principle under which retailers contribute to the recycling of their packaging or products.

Simply put: Retailers pay for the waste they generate in the countries where it is produced. This is done by reporting the quantities of products or packaging sold per country and paying the corresponding fees. These fees are used to finance recycling systems.

Amazon (and other marketplaces or fulfillment providers) are obligated by law to check whether sellers fulfill their compliance in their target-countries. But also when selling via one’s own online store, businesses must abide by these laws.

ecosistant is not a recycling scheme, but a (digital) consultant and intermediary. With our guides you can easily find the best recycling schemes in each country to get the required proof of compliance for Amazon. For example:

• Germany: packaging, electronics, batteries
• France: packaging, electronics, batteries, textiles and furniture
• …
• overall in 30 countries (EU27, UK, Norway, Switzerland)

With our Premium-Service, you can also outsource your full recycling compliance management to our experts. You will then receive the required certificates for Amazon directly from us.

Find out more about the perks of using ecosistant here:

Our services

You can find an overview of all prices for our service packages here. This overview includes the prices at your purchase as well as the price for the subscription-renewal after 12 months.

Recycling-fees or registration-fees for compliance schemes or waste registers are not included in our service fees. However, our service does include a cost estimation for when you fulfill your compliance, based on your information for each country. (administrative fees, register fees, recycling fees, fees for authorized representatives, …)

Unfortunately we cannot forecast these costs before you use ecosistant, because they depend on various individual factors. The cost analysis is therefore part of our digital consulting service.

As a rough estimate, the minimum cost for packaging waste compliance is on average €50 to €150 per country. For electronics or batteries, you can expect minimum €500 per country (on average). The costs vary largely by country and are also dependent on your products and type of packaging. Use ecosistant to get a more precise forecast of what costs you can expect for each country.

This is included in our service

With so-called “Full-Service”-offers, online retailers often pay more for the service than for the actual recycling of their products and packaging. In our opinion, this does not make sense and is not sustainable at all.

That is why at ecosistant, we want to “cut the middleman” for our clients, and offer a better balance for SMEs and startups. Thanks to the complete digitization of our consulting service, we can offer ecosistant for prices so low that “real” consultants would start sweating.

Nevertheless, a “Full-Service” can make sense for large online shops that sell a lot abroad, since the balance between service cost and recycling fees is better. If you are interested in outsourcing your compliance management, feel free to request a offer for our Premium Service:

Our services

Our digital service always come with a 12-month subscription-period. The subscription is a special service to always keep your compliance up-to-date to save you time and reduce your risk. This is important, because regulations in each country are often being changed for the new calendar year or during the year, or because your company growth (sales volumes, packaging quantities) may lead to different obligations than before.

In short: With an active ecosistant subscription, you will never again need to do research on waste legislation – we will handle this for you!

You can, however, cancel your subscription already in the first year (with a 30 days’ notice by the end of the subscription period). Please note that in this case, you will no longer get updates after your subscription ends.

More about Compliance-Monitoring

ecosistant GmbH is an EPR Service Provider from the heart of Berlin, Germany. We are Andreas (CEO), Johannes (CTO), and a group of experienced compliance consultants that have gathered around us. Since April 2020, we have been operating the first completely digitized information-platform for European packaging- and waste laws.

Opposite of our competitors, we do not come from waste-management, but have our roots in e-commerce ourselves. Thus, we understand the difficulties and challenges of international e-commerce better than anyone else.

Thousands of happy customers from the e-commerce realm are already using our services. We hope that you will soon be one of them. 🙂

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