CITEO (France) has announced that it has joined the Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance (EXPRA), a group of 35 industry-managed packaging and packaging waste recovery and recycling organizations.
With the addition of CITEO, EXPRA says it now brings together organisations representing around 73% of the population of the European Union, aiming to strengthen a strong, coordinated non-profit EPR model at the European level. CITEO is approved by the French authorities to manage the reduction, reuse and recycling of household packaging and graphic papers placed on the French market under the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation.
CITEO states that by joining EXPRA, it brings its operational expertise, proven compliance solutions and capacity for innovation to the Alliance while strengthening its ability to help its customers navigate an increasingly complex European regulatory landscape, especially with the upcoming requirements related to the Packaging and Plastic Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).
Last summer, Citeo CEO Jean Hornain tells UNEP how universal participation, legal accountability, and the creation of formal jobs can incentivize plastic waste reduction, thirty-three years after France implemented Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging. Hornain underlines Citeo’s position as a producer responsibility organization (PRO) for packaging under French producer responsibility legislation, which holds companies financially liable for the environmental impact of their products throughout their life cycle.
More recently, Circpack by Veolia announced a partnership with SAP to provide its cloud-based solution for EPR reporting and recyclability assessments, including fee structures and calculation rules with global coverage. Circpack states that its global scope enables the creation of country-specific reports for over 30 countries worldwide with the content for these markets continuously updated, and as new EPR systems are introduced, additional countries will be added in the coming years.
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