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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.
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