Extended Producer Responsibility is complicated.
Let's make it simple.
European and Rest-of-World WEEE, Batteries, Packaging and Textiles EPR compliance management.
From a single source.
kg WEEE collected & treated (2019 - 23)
EPR reports processed (2023)
EPR invoices paid (2023)
Services
Full WEEE Service
EARN can put together a comprehensive, customised and country-specific Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive package.
Full Batteries Service
We help battery manufacturers and importers comply with their EPR obligations under the EU Batteries Regulation including registration, reporting and take-back.
Full Packaging Service
We help you meet the country-specific requirements of the EU Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste.
Full Textiles Service
EARN Service provides full support to meet Textiles EPR requirements that apply according to European country-specific laws, and under the new EcoDesign Regulation (EU) 2024/1781
Take-Back and Recycling
We are unique. Through our established network of local recycling partners, we arrange for WEEE and waste batteries to be taken back from you in compliance with country-specific regulations throughout Europe.
Producer Registration
We handle manufacturer / importer EPR registration for your company through relevant authorities, compliance schemes and appoint Authorised Representatives where required.
Compliance Reporting
We declare your sales volumes in the correct format to the relevant authorities and/or compliance schemes in each country. Not only will you never miss a reporting deadline again, we even pay your compliance fees on your behalf!
Rest-of-World EPR Compliance
Our Rest-of-World (ROW) compliance services fully manage your producer obligations in the US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle-East and Africa. Wherever you sell, we get you to EPR safety!
Bespoke Consulting
Let EARN understand your compliance challenges, scope out the work, and give you the solutions for success.
Why partner with EARN?
Over 20 Years of Experience
EARN’s shareholders and recycling partners, who have worked in the waste electrical equipment take-back and recycling sector since the 1990s, were heavily involved in the design of the original EC WEEE Directive and its implementation. In 2003, our partners joined forces and formed a network to fulfil the requirements with one core solution, both across Europe and nationally, as EARN Elektroaltgeräte Service GmbH. You will benefit from over 20 years' expertise of managed waste electrical equipment take-back, recycling, registration and compliance reporting solutions.
Europe-Wide Take-Back
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is the cornerstone of European waste Directives and Regulations. Manufacturers and importers (also known as 'producers') must offer suitable solutions to take back and recycle their products when they become waste.
EARN guarantees country-specific and bespoke managed take-back and recycling of waste equipment and industrial batteries on behalf of manufacturers and importers. How do we do this? It's all thanks to our pan-European network of recycling companies.
One-Stop Full Service
We assist you, as the producer, in fulfilling all compliance requirements under European and rest-of-world (ROW) EPR Regulations for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)/E-Waste, Batteries, Packaging and Textiles. Through our partner recycling network, we can also organise for your WEEE and industrial batteries to be taken back and recycled using best available processing technologies.
Testimonials
Enviropass
EARN has always answered both quickly and accurately. I particularly enjoy the turnkey EU Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) compliance solutions they offer to manufacturers looking to meet their EPR legal compliance obligations in Europe
Aury Hathout M.Env, VEA®, CEA
Certified Environmental Auditor