Packaging you are required to report
We help you with your packaging reporting and also submit your annual report to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
In the report, you state the packaging volumes you put on the Swedish market.
The report forms the basis for the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s calculation of material recycling rates – i.e. the proportion of packaging that has been placed on the market that has been material recycled.
Packaging material
Reporting to Näringslivets Producentansvar
You must report packaging volumes in kilograms for all types of packaging you place on the Swedish market and whether the packaging you report is for Private use or Other than private use (read more in step 3 in this guide). Packaging made of the following materials must be included in your report:
- Paper
- Wood
- Glass
- Metal
- Plastic
- Other packaging materials (such as ceramics and textiles)
Packaging that you are required to report
Every company must report the packaging for which it is the producer according to article 3.1.15 in the PPWR.
Packaging means an item that is intended to be used by an economic operator for the containment, protection, handling, delivery or presentation of products to another economic operator or to an end user, and that can be differentiated by packaging format based on its function, material and design. The definition of packaging is set out in Article 3.1.1 of the PPWR.
Packaging that you are not required to report
Packaging that you are not required to report (exceptions)
In the cases listed below, packaging volumes need not be reported:
Export and dispatch
Packaging volumes which, without having previously been placed on the Swedish market, are exported or dispatched to another EU country must not be reported in Sweden.
Removal boxes
Road, rail, sea and air freight containers
These are not covered by the PPWR.
Production waste
Only waste from production is exempted. However, the exemption does not cover packaging or packaged goods intended for destruction, returns or similar.
Packaging that forms part of an authorised return system
For example, Returpack’s deposit-return system for drinks in PET bottles and aluminium cans; see the example below.
Beverage packaging subject to a deposit
Containers subject to a deposit are specifically regulated by legislation and must not be reported to NPA. Examples: aluminium and steel cans for beer and soft drinks, and PET bottles for ready-to-drink beverages. Companies that import or fill such packaging are referred to Returpack, pantamera.nu. The deposit requirement does not apply to drinks consisting mainly of dairy products. Packaging not included in the deposit-refund system must from now on be reported to NPA.
Other items that are not normally to be reported as packaging to NPA
The items listed below are set out in Annex I to the PPWR. Please note, however, that this is for guidance only and the assessment of whether an item is considered packaging or not must be made on the basis of the definition of packaging in Article 3.1.1 of the PPWR.
- Flower and plant pots, including seed trays, used in business-to-business relations throughout different stages of production or intended to be sold with the plant (as opposed to such pots and seed trays intended solely for sale and transport, which must be reported).
- Tool boxes.
- Wax layers around cheese.
- Sausage casing skins.
- Clothes hangers sold separately.
- Cartridges for printers.
- CD, DVD and video cases sold together with a CD, DVD or video inside.
- CD spindles sold empty and intended to be used as storage.
- Soluble bags for detergents.
- Graveside lights (containers for candles).
- Mechanical quern integrated in a refillable recipient, such as a refillable pepper mill.
- Disposable cutlery.
- Wrapping paper sold separately to consumers or business operators.
- Paper baking cases sold empty.
- Cake doilies sold without a cake.
- Disposable plates and cups not intended to be filled at the point of sale.
