What is Packaging Compliance?

Under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), packaging compliance regulations hold producers accountable for the environmental impact of their packaging materials. These regulations require companies to manage the collection, recycling, and disposal of packaging waste, often by financing or overseeing recycling systems. While EPR laws differ by country, their overall goal is to reduce packaging waste and enhance recycling efforts.

What are Packaging compliance schemes?

Packaging compliance schemes, also known as Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs), are organizations that assist companies in fulfilling their packaging waste obligations under EPR regulations. They oversee the collection, recycling, and disposal of packaging waste on behalf of producers, ensuring compliance with environmental laws.

Who are the obligated stakeholders?

Producers are the key entities introducing packaging into the market, and their obligations depend on where the products are sold, including e-commerce. These requirements vary across countries, which can make compliance challenging. 

Obligations under WEEE regulations generally apply to:

  • Manufacturers 
  • Importers and Distributors 
  • Retailers and Distant Sellers
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At RLG we operate Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs) across the UK, Germany, Hungary, Poland, India, and Canada. This global presence places us at the forefront of compliance, allowing us to collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders, including government agencies. This engagement provides us with a thorough understanding of regulations and compliance. PRO’s offer direct communication with customers which ensures more efficient and timely updates to meet your compliance needs.

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Today, every country has its own uniquely complex environmental legislation, and the global requirements of Environmental Producer Responsibility (EPR) are increasing. This makes compliance challenging and often costly. At RLG, we leverage our global market knowledge, extensive reach, and specialist services to simplify compliance. Whether you require comprehensive end-to-end support or assistance with individual elements, we’re ready to help.

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Business Development Director
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Les Griffith is currently the Business Development Director at RLGA and is tasked with expanding the company’s data management offerings for packaging EPR in the Americas. Les has over 30 years of industry experience in Environmental Services, Extended Producer Responsibility and Reverse Distribution. Les has spent these last 30 years working with organizations to develop progressively more sustainable solutions to the management of end-of-life materials. Prior to joining RLG, Les spent eleven years at Covanta most recently serving as the Business Development Director for the Healthcare Solutions division. His group covered North and Central America and specialized in providing a suite of services to healthcare PROs, take-back services to retail pharmacy and law enforcement and environmental services to the healthcare sector and reverse distributors. Prior to Covanta Les spent 10 years at Waste Management Inc. as an Area Manager for their Healthcare Solutions group.

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Andriana Kontovrakis - Speakers

Director of Compliance Services
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Andriana Kontovrakis is the Director of Compliance Services for Reverse Logistics Group’s US team.  She manages a team responsible for ensuring manufacturer and retailer customer compliance with EPR laws for electronics, batteries, packaging, household hazardous wastes, and other consumer products across the US. Along with RLG partner the Household and Commercial Products Association, she is spearheading the development of the Household Product Stewardship Alliance, a stewardship organization forming under the guidelines of Vermont’s HHW EPR law.  Prior to working with RLG, she was a Policy Analyst with the global electronics recycler Sims Lifecycle Solutions where she managed programmatic implementation and customer and supplier accounts for the US EPR compliance unit and the Deputy Director for Waste Prevention for the NYC Department of Sanitation.

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