3 steps to PPWR Compliance
1. Compliance evidence & technical file readiness:
Supplier documentation, data verification, and audit-ready file maintenance.
2. Packaging redesign
Material selection, design modification, and structural changes to meet customer and regulatory requirements.
3. Reporting & fees
Identify roles and responsibilities and calculate fees
Compliance evidence
For many companies, the largest workload PPWR requires is managing compliance evidence. PPWR requires managing data and evidence across many suppliers, packaging formats and SKUs.
PPWR introduces a shift in sustainability regulation with obligations distributed across quality, procurement, packaging & sustainability teams
PPWR implementation timeline
August 2026
Substances of concern limits
General application- EPR requirements
Febuary 2027
Green dot moves to
QR code
2029
Deposit return schemes must collect 90% of in-scope containers
2030
Recyclability standards & targets are in place
Prohibited packaging types introduced
2035 & beyond
Recycled at scale requirement in effect
Higher recyclability standards, recycled content & reuse targets
Responsibilities change depending on how a product is placed on the market & who controls the packaging decisions.
Uncertainty over PPWR requirements, including responsibilities, required data, compliance processes, and cross-team collaboration.
PPWR requires packaging data many companies have never had to collect before. The challenge lies in structuring this data so compliance can be maintained over time.
PPWR compliance requires a technical dossier. The real burden is often proving compliance and keeping evidence current.
As PPWR implementation approaches, these packaging and compliance challenges may already be impacting your business
Build up your technical dossier
Simvia helps you get PPWR-ready by collecting packaging compliance data based on your PPWR-role, for all components and materials.
Central documentation storage system. We keep your files complete and current with version control and traceability.
We send automatic requests on your behalf, with consistent reminders and keep track of responses. Reducing back-and-forth email communication.
Standardise & structure your data
Simvia uses AI document scanning to extract key fields from specifications and certificates, and stores them in a structured way. This enables teams to:
Interpret diverse specification and data sheets, including Declarations of Conformity (DoCs)
Structure per packaging unit, component and layer
Map to standardised material classifications
Automatically check your compliance exposure
Inconsistent evidence checks can create compliance exposure. Simvia ensures that any non-compliant components will be flagged for your approval.
For contact-sensitive packaging components, we help ensure assess PFAS and heavy metal thresholds against regulatory limits.
We track your product validity and completeness, including certificate expiration, compliance thresholds and documentation gaps
Ensure you’re always EPR-reporting ready
We provide the data foundation for you to do your reporting.
Align QA, procurement and sustainability teams
Always know if you are compliant on a component level
Respond to customer requests with ease and speed
Supports internal decision-making
What PPWR success looks like for you and your team
One Central document storage system
Complete, centralised technical files ready for regulatory inspection at any moment.
100% confidence in PPWR compliance status
You are always confident which products and components don’t meet PPWR standards. With Simvia, there are no surprises or impact on product lines.
All data types supported
Simvia offers standardised, consolidated data for every packaging type & level.
Interoperability for a seamless data flow
Our infrastructure supports PPWR needs, sustainability reporting and future compliance.
Unpacking the PPWR
The PPWR (Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation) marks a major shift in the way packaging is designed, shipped, and disposed. It is a singular regulation that requires companies producing, buying, selling and disposing of goods to align under a number of specific EU-wide rules.
This white paper unravels the entire regulation, from packaging design, to how to prove compliance, as well as different actors’ responsibilities and disposal requirements.
Whitepaper
Regulations
Analisi del PPWR: cosa devono sapere le aziende sulla legislazione UE in materia di imballaggi.
Il regolamento PPWR (Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation) rappresenta un cambiamento epocale nel modo in cui gli imballaggi vengono progettati, trasportati e gestiti a fine vita.
16 mar 2026
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questions
What data do we need to collect from suppliers?
Quando dobbiamo avere tutto pronto e quali sono le scadenze principali?
La data critica per la conformità è il 12 agosto 2026. A partire da tale data, tutti gli imballaggi immessi sul mercato dell'UE devono essere conformi ai requisiti del regolamento PPWR.
Come strutturiamo e archiviamo i dati relativi agli imballaggi per dimostrare la conformità?
È necessario creare un inventario completo degli imballaggi che mappi ogni prodotto finito ai suoi componenti e strati.
La struttura dei dati dovrebbe includere:
Unità di imballaggio finale
Singoli componenti
Strati di materiale all'interno di ciascun componente
Informazioni sul fornitore per ciascun componente
Tutti i campi relativi alla conformità per ciascun componente
Quali dati dobbiamo raccogliere dai fornitori per conformarci al PPWR?
Entro la scadenza di agosto 2026, a seconda del ruolo ricoperto, è necessario raccogliere e verificare i seguenti dati:
Limiti di PFAS
Metalli pesanti e relative analisi
Specifiche tecniche degli imballaggi
Sensibilità al contatto
Oltre il 2026, i requisiti aggiuntivi includono punteggi di riciclabilità (entro il 2030) e dati più dettagliati a livello di componente.
Qual è il nostro ruolo nell'ambito del PPWR e cosa implica questo per i nostri obblighi?
Il tuo ruolo ai sensi del PPWR dipende dalla tua posizione nella catena di fornitura e determina i tuoi obblighi specifici. Esistono tre ruoli principali:
Produttore: Se crei l'unità di imballaggio finale che i consumatori acquistano (compresi i prodotti a marchio del distributore), devi raccogliere tutte le informazioni sull'imballaggio e creare una dichiarazione di conformità.
Produttore: Se immetti il prodotto sul mercato per la prima volta in un determinato paese, sei responsabile del pagamento delle tasse EPR.
Distributore: Se distribuisci solo i prodotti senza modificarne l'imballaggio, i tuoi obblighi sono diversi.