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"source": { "url": "https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_459A.869", "quote": "each producer must register with and be a member of a producer responsibility organization that administers a producer responsibility program", "quoteLang": "en", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "label": null } }, { "id": "obligated-us-wa", "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/do-i-owe#obligated-us-wa", "leafPath": "US-WA.obligated", "statement": "Washington: a packaging EPR obligation applies.", "value": true, "unit": null, "pending": false, "source": { "url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=70A.208&full=true", "quote": "After July 1, 2026, be a member of a producer responsibility organization registered in this state", "quoteLang": "en", "retrievedAt": "2026-11-03", "status": "verified", "label": null } } ], "sections": [ { "id": "answer", "heading": null, "kind": "answer", "markdown": "\n\nWhether you owe packaging EPR depends on the place, your role and, in some places, your size. In the rules we hold, 43 of 43 places have a packaging EPR obligation, and the checker below gives a result for each place you choose." }, { "id": "tool", "heading": "Check several places at once", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Check several places at once\n\nChoose the places you sell into, your role, your revenue and the packaging you supply. The checker returns one result per place and says what is missing instead of guessing.\n\nInteractive tool: Do-I-owe checker (works on the web page)\n\nThe Instica free plan covers the threshold check, exemption tracking, the deadline calendar, packaging templates and fee sources, so you can start without paying. [See what the free plan includes](https://app.instica.com/epr/free-plan)" }, { "id": "places", "heading": "Which places have an obligation", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Which places have an obligation\n\nThe table lists every place in our data set. Each row links its status to the source it comes from; a place with no published answer shows as not yet published.\n\n**Packaging EPR obligation by place**\n\n| Place | Obligation | Size limit |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Austria | [Obligation in force](#obligated-at) | packaging weight: 1,500 kg per calendar year; packaging weight: 1,500 kg per calendar year |\n| Belgium | [Obligation in force](#obligated-be) | tonnage: 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year |\n| Bulgaria | [Obligation in force](#obligated-bg) | tonnage: 10 tonnes per year |\n| Alberta | [Obligation in force](#obligated-ca-ab) | revenue: CA$1,500,000; tonnage: 9 tonnes |\n| British Columbia | [Obligation in force](#obligated-ca-bc) | revenue: CA$1,000,000; tonnage: 1 tonne; packaging weight: 15,000 kg |\n| Manitoba | [Obligation in force](#obligated-ca-mb) | revenue: CA$750,000; packaging weight: 5,000 kg |\n| New Brunswick | [Obligation in force](#obligated-ca-nb) | revenue: CA$2,000,000; tonnage: 1 tonne |\n| Newfoundland and Labrador | Not yet published | Not yet published |\n| Nova Scotia | [Obligation in force](#obligated-ca-ns) | revenue: CA$1,000,000; tonnage: 1 tonne |\n| Northwest Territories | Not yet published | Not yet published |\n| Nunavut | Not yet published | Not yet published |\n| Ontario | [Obligation in force](#obligated-ca-on) | revenue: CA$2,000,000; tonnage: 9 tonnes; tonnage: 2 tonnes; tonnage: 2 tonnes; tonnage: 1 tonne; tonnage: 1 tonne; tonnage: 1 tonne |\n| Prince Edward Island | Not yet published | Not yet published |\n| Québec | [Obligation in force](#obligated-ca-qc) | tonnage: 1 tonne; tonnage: 1 tonne; revenue: CA$1,300,000 |\n| Saskatchewan | [Obligation in force](#obligated-ca-sk) | packaging weight: 1,000 kg; packaging weight: 5,000 kg; revenue: CA$1,000,000 |\n| Yukon | [Obligation in force](#obligated-ca-yt) | revenue: CA$1,000,000; tonnage: 1 tonne |\n| Switzerland | [Obligation in force](#obligated-ch) | See the place page |\n| Cyprus | Not yet published | Not yet published |\n| Czechia | [Obligation in force](#obligated-cz) | revenue: CZK 2,000 |\n| Germany | [Obligation in force](#obligated-de) | tonnage: 80 tonnes; tonnage: 50 tonnes; tonnage: 30 tonnes; tonnage: 10 tonnes |\n| Denmark | [Obligation in force](#obligated-dk) | tonnage: 3.35 tonnes |\n| Estonia | [Obligation in force](#obligated-ee) | None on record |\n| Spain | [Obligation in force](#obligated-es) | packaging weight: 10 tonnes per calendar year; packaging weight: 15 tonnes per year |\n| Finland | [Obligation in force](#obligated-fi) | weight: 50,000 kg |\n| France | [Obligation in force](#obligated-fr) | None on record |\n| United Kingdom | [Obligation in force](#obligated-gb) | tonnage: 25 tonnes; revenue: £1,000,000; tonnage: 50 tonnes |\n| United Kingdom Plastic Packaging Tax | [Obligation in force](#obligated-gb-ppt) | tonnage: 10 tonnes; packaging weight: 30 percent recycled plastic |\n| Greece | [Obligation in force](#obligated-gr) | None on record |\n| Croatia | [Obligation in force](#obligated-hr) | None on record |\n| Hungary | [Obligation in force](#obligated-hu) | None on record |\n| Ireland | [Obligation in force](#obligated-ie) | None on record |\n| Iceland | Not yet published | Not yet published |\n| Italy | [Obligation in force](#obligated-it) | packaging weight: 10 tonnes per calendar year |\n| Liechtenstein | Not yet published | Not yet published |\n| Lithuania | [Obligation in force](#obligated-lt) | packaging weight: 10 tonnes per calendar year |\n| Luxembourg | [Obligation in force](#obligated-lu) | packaging weight: 10 tonnes per calendar year |\n| Latvia | [Obligation in force](#obligated-lv) | packaging weight: 10 tonnes per calendar year |\n| Malta | Not yet published | Not yet published |\n| Netherlands | [Obligation in force](#obligated-nl) | packaging weight: 10 tonnes per calendar year; packaging weight: 50,000 kg per calendar year |\n| Norway | [Obligation in force](#obligated-no) | packaging weight: 0 kg |\n| Poland | [Obligation in force](#obligated-pl) | packaging weight: 10 tonnes per calendar year |\n| Portugal | [Obligation in force](#obligated-pt) | packaging weight: 10 tonnes per calendar year |\n| Romania | Not yet published | Not yet published |\n| Sweden | [Obligation in force](#obligated-se) | packaging weight: 10 tonnes per calendar year |\n| Slovenia | Not yet published | Not yet published |\n| Slovakia | [Obligation in force](#obligated-sk) | packaging weight: 10 tonnes per calendar year |\n| California | [Obligation in force](#obligated-us-ca) | revenue: $1,000,000 |\n| Colorado | [Obligation in force](#obligated-us-co) | revenue: $5,000,000; tonnage: 1 short ton; tonnage: 10 short tons |\n| Maryland | [Obligation in force](#obligated-us-md) | tonnage: 1 short ton; revenue: $2,000,000 |\n| Maine | [Obligation in force](#obligated-us-me) | revenue: $2,000,000; tonnage: 1 short ton; tonnage: 15 short tons |\n| Minnesota | [Obligation in force](#obligated-us-mn) | tonnage: 1 short ton; revenue: $2,000,000 |\n| Oregon | [Obligation in force](#obligated-us-or) | revenue: $5,000,000; tonnage: 1 metric ton; tonnage: 5 metric tons; revenue: $10,000,000 |\n| Washington | [Obligation in force](#obligated-us-wa) | tonnage: 1 short ton; revenue: $5,000,000 |" }, { "id": "questions", "heading": "The questions every place asks", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## The questions every place asks\n\nEvery place first asks whose duty it is. The producer is usually the brand owner or the importer, and some places add the marketplace or the first distributor. The place page shows the roles for each packaging level.\n\nThen most ask about size. A revenue or tonnage limit can switch the duty off for small producers, and some rules count affiliated companies together. The place page lists each limit and its source.\n\nFinally, they ask where you sell. Selling into a place makes its rules relevant to you, whether or not the company is based there." }, { "id": "how", "heading": "How the checker reaches a result", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## How the checker reaches a result\n\nThe checker asks the same questions in the same order for every place, and it stops with a result as soon as a question settles the matter. It never fills a missing answer in for you.\n\n1. Whose brand is on the packaging? If it is another company's brand, you are normally not the producer for those goods. If you have not said, the checker asks first.\n2. Do you sell into the place? A place where you report no sales returns not obligated.\n3. Does a size limit apply? The checker compares your revenue or packaging weight with each limit on record and, where a limit is not met, returns below threshold.\n4. Is an exemption on record for your case? An exemption that is not yet verified is never assumed, and the checker asks for more data instead.\n5. Are related companies counted together? Where the rules add up affiliated companies, their figures are combined before the limits are compared." }, { "id": "bring", "heading": "What to have ready", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## What to have ready\n\nYou get the most useful result with these answers to hand. This page stores none of them.\n\n- Whose brand is on your packaged goods.\n- Your revenue for the last full year, and its currency.\n- The weight of packaging you supply, by material, if you know it.\n- The places you ship to or sell in.\n- The packaging levels you use: sales, grouped and transport packaging." }, { "id": "outcomes", "heading": "What the five results mean", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## What the five results mean\n\nThe checker returns one of five results for each place. Here is what each means for you.\n\n- Obligated: the rules we hold indicate you owe in this place. Register, report and pay as described below.\n- Not obligated: the rules we hold indicate you do not owe, for example because another company is the producer or no law applies.\n- Below threshold: a size limit on record puts you under the duty for now. Keep the figures and check again as you grow.\n- More data needed: an answer or a rule is missing. The checker says which, and nothing is assumed in its place.\n- Pending law: the rules for the place are not yet published. Nothing is shown as a number until they are." }, { "id": "cases", "heading": "Where to read the full decision", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Where to read the full decision\n\nEach place with enough published rules has its own page that works through every case: unsure of the brand, another company's brand, your own brand below, at and above each limit, and above everything." }, { "id": "terms", "heading": "Terms used on this page", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Terms used on this page\n\n- **Producer**: The company the rules make responsible for the packaging, usually the brand owner or the importer.\n- **Size limit**: A revenue or packaging-weight figure that switches a duty on, off or down.\n- **Exemption**: A condition under which a producer that would otherwise owe is excused, sometimes only after applying.\n- **Affiliate**: A related company whose figures some rules add to yours before the limits are applied.\n- **Producer responsibility organisation**: A body that takes over reporting and payment for its members where the rules provide for one." }, { "id": "wrap", "heading": "From result to workspace", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## From result to workspace\n\nA result here is an estimate from published rules. To act on it, start a workspace: Instica measures your packaging, estimates the figures and prepares the files, and you check, sign and submit each filing yourself." }, { "id": "faq", "heading": "Frequently asked questions", "kind": "faq", "markdown": "\n\n## Frequently asked questions\n\n### Do I owe packaging EPR if I sell online?\n\nSelling online into a place makes its rules relevant to you. Whether you owe depends on that place, your role and your size; use the checker with every place you ship to.\n\n### Can a small business be exempt?\n\nIn some places a size limit exempts small producers or reduces their duty. The place pages list each limit and its source; where none is published the page says so.\n\n### What does the checker store?\n\nIt runs in your browser and stores nothing. If you continue to a workspace, you choose what to save.\n\n### Why does the checker sometimes say more data is needed?\n\nBecause a rule needs an answer you have not given, or a part of the rules is not yet published. It names what is missing and never fills it in for you." }, { "id": "paa", "heading": null, "kind": "paa", "markdown": "\n\n### What is the meaning of EPR registration?\n\nEvery place first asks whose duty it is. The producer is usually the brand owner or the importer, and some places add the marketplace or the first distributor. The place page shows the roles for each packaging level.\n\n### What states have EPR laws?\n\n[Austria: a packaging EPR obligation applies.](#obligated-at) [Belgium: a packaging EPR obligation applies.](#obligated-be) [Bulgaria: a packaging EPR obligation applies.](#obligated-bg)" }, { "id": "estimate", "heading": "How to read these figures", "kind": "boilerplate", "markdown": "\n\n## How to read these figures\n\n> **Estimate**: The figures on this page are estimates we prepare from the published sources listed below. Instica measures your packaging and prepares the numbers; you check them, sign and submit to the regulator or scheme yourself. We never submit for you and never store regulator-portal credentials.\n\nEvery figure in the app carries a data-quality label: measured, supplier, estimated or declared. [How we measure and label figures](https://instica.com/epr/methodology). This page is information, not legal advice." }, { "id": "review", "heading": null, "kind": "boilerplate", "markdown": "\n\n[Our reviewers](https://instica.com/epr/reviewers)." } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "Versandhändler, die keinen Sitz und keine Niederlassung im örtlichen Geltungsbereich dieses Bundesgesetzes haben", "quoteLang": "de" }, { "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/members/become-a-fost-plus-member", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "Does your company put household packaging on the market? Then you have an obligation to report on this packaging to the government.", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://www.ecopack.bg/en/members/why-choose-ecopack", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "obliged all producers and importers of packaged goods in the Bulgarian market to collect, recycle, and recover a set percentage", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://www.albertarecycling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/0224_EPR-Single%E2%80%91use-Products-Packaging-and-Paper-Products-Bylaws-February-26-2024.pdf", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "PPP Producers shall submit an annual report to the Authority no later than June 30th each year.", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/449_2004", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding $200 000.", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://recyclemanitoba.ca/for-producers/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-11-03", "status": "verified", "quote": "had gross revenues of more than $750,000 from the combined sale of all its products and services in Manitoba", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://laws.gnb.ca/en/document/cr/2024-37", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "the producer generates less than $2,000,000 in gross annual revenue in the Province;", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/envpppextproducer.htm", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "For the purposes of these regulations, the implementation date is December 1, 2025.", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://rpra.ca/programs/blue-box/regulation/producers/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "if they supply Blue Box material (packaging, paper products or packaging-like products) comprised of paper, glass, metal or plastic", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://www.eeq.ca/assets/pdf/Cadre-legal/EN/Regulation-respecting-a-system-of-selective-collection-of-certain-residual-materials.pdf", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "Regulation respecting a system of selective collection of certain residual materials", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://www.skrecycles.ca/low-volume-producers/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "Businesses supplying less than 1,000 kg of packaging and paper annually to Saskatchewan residents are exempt from registration and reporting requirements.", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://laws.yukon.ca/cms/images/LEGISLATION/SUBORDINATE/2024/2024-0019/2024-0019.pdf", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "On or before May 31 of each year, a steward must", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/2026/358/20270101/de/html/fedlex-data-admin-ch-eli-cc-2026-358-20270101-de-html.html", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-11-04", "status": "verified", "quote": "einer vom BAFU beauftragten Organisation eine vorgezogene Entsorgungsgebühr (Gebühr) entrichten.", "quoteLang": "de" }, { "url": "https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "to take-back and recovery of packaging waste", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://www.verpackungsregister.org/en/registration/find-out-about-registrations", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "If you are distributing packaged goods in Germany, you have to be registered with the LUCID Packaging Register.", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://producentansvar.dk/produkter-og-ansvar/emballage/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "Virksomheder omfattet af producentansvaret for emballage skal registrere sig i producentansvarsregistret.", "quoteLang": "da" }, { "url": "https://pakendiringlus.ee/en/services/for-the-entrepreneurs/who-is-a-packaging-undertaking/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "is responsible for the recycling of packaging", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "se obliga a todos los envasadores a inscribirse y a remitir anualmente información", "quoteLang": "es" }, { "url": "https://rinkiin.fi/tuottajavastuu/mika_tuottajavastuu/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "Pakkausten tuottajavastuu koskee kaikkia ammattimaisesti toimivia yrityksiä, jotka saattavat Suomen markkinoille pakkauksia.", "quoteLang": "fi" }, { "url": "https://www.citeo.com/en/citeo-rates-for-household-packaging-and-paper/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "A company which puts packaging and/or graphic papers on the market", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-if-you-must-comply-with-epr-for-packaging--2", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "you supplied or imported more than 25 tonnes of packaging in the UK in the previous year", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/when-you-must-register-for-plastic-packaging-tax", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "You must register for Plastic Packaging Tax if you:", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://www.herrco.gr/en/businesses/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "obliged all the businesses that import, produce and place packaged products on their domestic market, to ensure the collection and recycling of their packaging", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://www.fzoeu.hr/hr/naknada-za-ambalazu-i-ambalazni-otpad/1407", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "proizvođači/uvoznici/ unosnici prilikom stavljanja proizvoda pakiranih u ambalažu na tržište Republike Hrvatske, uplaćuju Fondu naknade", "quoteLang": "hr" }, { "url": "https://mohu.hu/file/documents/0/0088/gyakran_ismetelt_kerdesek.pdf", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "a körforgásos termék gyártója/első forgalomba hozója,", "quoteLang": "hu" }, { "url": "https://repak.ie/members/become-a-member/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "enabling you to fund the recycling of packaging you place on the market", "quoteLang": "en" }, { "url": "https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:2006-04-03;152~art221", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "I produttori e gli utilizzatori sono responsabili della corretta ed efficace gestione ambientale degli imballaggi", "quoteLang": "it" }, { "url": "https://www.gpais.eu/duk", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "Visi pakuočių ir (ar) gaminių gamintojai ir (ar) importuotojai privalo registruotis Gamintojų ir importuotojų sąvade GPAIS.", "quoteLang": "lt" }, { "url": "https://data.legilux.public.lu/filestore/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/21/a330/consolide/20220614/fr/html/eli-etat-leg-loi-2017-03-21-a330-consolide-20220614-fr-html.html", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-11-05", "status": "verified", "quote": "responsable d’emballages est soumis au régime de responsabilité élargie des producteurs dont il est question à l’article 19 de la loi du 21 mars 2012", "quoteLang": "fr" }, { "url": "https://www.vid.gov.lv/lv/biezak-uzdotie-jautajumi-katalogs/dabas-resursu-nodoklis-nodoklis-par-videi-kaitigam-precem-un-iepakojumu", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "Dabas resursu nodokli par videi kaitīgām precēm un iepakojumu maksā persona, kas pirmā Latvijas Republikas teritorijā:", "quoteLang": "lv" }, { "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "Dan moet u een Afvalbeheerbijdrage Verpakkingen betalen aan Verpact", "quoteLang": "nl" }, { "url": "https://www.miljodirektoratet.no/ansvarsomrader/avfall/Returordninger-avfall/emballasje/produsent/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "skal dere være medlem i et produsentansvarsselskap", "quoteLang": "nb" }, { "url": "https://eli.gov.pl/api/acts/DU/2013/888/text.html", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "Wprowadzający produkty w opakowaniach jest obowiązany zapewniać odzysk, w tym recykling", "quoteLang": "pl" }, { "url": "https://www.pontoverde.pt/clientes-embaladores/questoes-frequentes/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-11-03", "status": "verified", "quote": "Não é obrigatório aderir à SPV, mas é obrigatório cumprir as obrigações decorrentes da Responsabilidade Alargada do Produtor", "quoteLang": "pt" }, { "url": "https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/forordning-20221274-om-producentansvar-for_sfs-2022-1274/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "ska före tillhandahållandet anlita eller tillhandahålla en producentansvarsorganisation", "quoteLang": "sv" }, { "url": "https://www.envipak.sk/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "Túto povinnosť majú všetci výrobcovia obalov a neobalových výrobkov.", "quoteLang": "sk" }, { "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=42051", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", 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