Our Insights
EEE Product Categorisation Tool
October 2024
Want to know if your products are likely to fall in-scope of the WEEE Directive. Download EARN’s easy-to-follow Decision Tree to help guide you…
Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation
July 2024
Across Europe, Member States have implemented their own laws for producer responsibility covering producer registration, packaging take-back, recycling and reporting. Will the new Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation simplify compliance? Bob Watling, EPR expert explains….
Towards Product Circularity
June 2024
Poor or incomplete Producer Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) compliance, weak incentives, insufficient understanding, and lack of support can all risk undermining the effectiveness of product circularity success. EARN presents its findings at the 2024 Electronics Goes Green Conference in Berlin….
EU Batteries Regulation
May 2024
The new EU Batteries Regulation which came into force in August 2023 ensures that batteries will have a minimal carbon footprint, use fewer harmful substances, rely on less raw materials from non-EU countries, and will encourage their collection, recycling and reuse. Enshrined into a single European law, this is a further move towards supporting the circular economy. Kai Kramer, Managing Director at EARN reveals more….
Rest-of-World EPR
March 2024
EARN now supports manufacturers to manage their producer compliance obligations in Rest-of-the-World (ROW) countries where their products are being sold and where Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations covering WEEE (e-waste), Batteries and Packaging have been implemented.
Think you might need EARN’s expert help? Howard Stimpson explains how we can get you to compliance safety…
Textiles EPR in Europe
March 2024
Extended Producer Responsibilities are increasing in Europe and these are introducing new registration, collection, recycling and reporting compliance obligations for manufacturers and producers of textiles. Cecilia Dowd, our resident EPR expert tells us more…..
Our Guidance Documents
EPR Country Profiles
July 2024
Want an easy-to-follow overview of EPR Regulations in each European country? Download a sample Country Profile sheet which outlines the EPR legal frameworks, your producer compliance obligations for registration, take-back, recycling and reporting, compliance options plus more!
EEE Visible Fees
February 2024
In a number of EU Member States, obligated producers must make recycling fees for the product or part of the product (such as the batteries incorporated) they have purchased ‘visible’ through the supply chain and to the end-user. How should these fees be communicated? And in which countries are they compulsory? EARN explains it all in our free downloadable guide….