Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
The Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE), Sports and Leisure Equipment (ASL) and DIY and Garden Thermal Equipment (ABJ Th) sectors are based on the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR).
This means that part of the cost of managing the environmental impact of products is included in their sale price.
Under European and French regulations, producers are responsible for the waste generated by their equipment. This rule stems from a collective awareness: it aims to reduce waste, encourage local recycling and prevent pollution and the waste of natural resources.
Management of end-of-life equipment placed on the market
Article R543-181 of the Environmental Code stipulates that for each category and subcategory of equipment they place on the market, producers must provide or contribute to waste collection in proportion to the equipment they place on the market, in particular "by participating in a collective separate collection system set up by an approved eco-organisation under the conditions defined in Articles R. 543-189 and R. 543-190".
In other words, as a producer, you have a legal obligation to finance, organise and implement appropriate collection, reuse and recycling solutions.
Ecologic supports you in managing and ensuring compliance for its three sectors.
Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Sports and Leisure Equipment
DIY and Garden Thermal Equipment
Environmental signage
Info-sorting is the regulatory recycling signage that must be displayed on the packaging of your products and/or on the products you place on the market.
This consumer information signage is a measure provided for in Article 17 of the Law of 10 February 2020 on waste reduction and the circular economy (AGEC Law).
Ecologic supports you in implementing info-sorting by providing you with all the necessary information, including an implementation guide and graphic elements for our three sectors.
The prevention and eco-design plan (PPE)
According to regulations, the equipment you produce must be designed to facilitate reuse, recycling, dismantling and recovery.
In practice, this means that each producer must develop and implement a prevention and eco-design plan.
The aim is to limit the use of non-renewable resources, increase the proportion of recycled materials and make products easier to recycle in French facilities, in accordance with the AGEC law of February 2020.
Need help ?
Do you have any further questions about your obligations as a distributor/manufacturer? For further information, please do not hesitate to contact our teams.