days until Aug 12, 2026. Heavy metals, PFAS food-contact, and the signed DoC are all enforceable from that date.

Enforceable Aug 12, 2026

PPWR Compliance Starts August 2026. Your Packaging Data Is The Key.

WHAT YOU NEED TO PREPARE

Three Things Every EU Packaging Seller Must Have Ready.

Whether you ship one SKU or ten thousand, the same three obligations apply from August 12, 2026. Each one is a workstream.

01 IDENTIFY SKUs

Identify all packaging with food contact.

PFAS is banned in food-contact packaging.

02 COLLECT DATA

Prove heavy metals stay under the limit.

Collect material and substance data for every packaging directly from your supplier.

03 DOCUMENT CONFORMITY

Create DoC and technical descriptions.

Document all data required and be audit-ready.

Be Ready When Customers Ask for PPWR Proof

Turn packaging data into audit-ready evidence, conformity checks, and technical documentation before PPWR obligations become enforceable.

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THE PPWR SOLUTION

Four Capabilities. One Purpose-Built PPWR Workflow.

From packaging portfolio import to signed Declaration of Conformity, every step is built specifically for what PPWR requires.

PACKAGING PORTFOLIO

Manage Every Packaging Unit In One Place

Import primary, secondary, and transport packaging. Tag food-contact, collect material and substance data from your suppliers and document conformity in one platform.

ONE PLATFORM, MANY REGULATIONS

Cover PPWR, REACH, RoHS, PFAS, POPs and TSCA from One Data Layer.

Ask suppliers once. The same material and substance data feeds every product-compliance regulation you operate.

6+ regulations from one data layer

SUPPLIER NETWORK

Your Packaging Suppliers are Already on the Platform.

Re-use evidence suppliers have already submitted for adjacent regulations. That means faster onboarding, higher response rates, and compliance data from day one.

3M+ suppliers already on Platform.

AI AGENTS

AI Reads the Documentation You Already Have.

AI agents parse Bill of Materials (BOM) and Full Material Disclosure (FMD) documents into structured material and substance data.

Auto parsing of existing product docs

PPWR REGULATION LENS

Upload Packaging Data On Monday. Know Which Units Are At Risk By Monday Afternoon.

Heavy metals aggregation. PFAS food-contact thresholds. DoC status. All in a single dashboard you can drill into by packaging unit, supplier, or food-contact flag.

See your PPWR risk exposure in one demo.

We’ll show how IntegrityNext helps you map packaging units, collect supplier evidence, flag non-compliance, and prepare audit-ready documentation for PPWR.

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FAQ: PPWR - EU PACKAGING REGULATION

The Questions We Hear Most

If something isn't covered here, our regulatory team is one call away.

What is PPWR, and when does it take effect?

PPWR is the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2025/40). It replaces the earlier Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive with a single set of directly applicable rules across all 27 member states. The first wave — substance restrictions (heavy metals, PFAS food-contact), labelling fundamentals, and the Declaration of Conformity — becomes enforceable on August 12, 2026. Further phases on recyclability, recycled content, minimisation, and reuse follow in 2028 and 2030.

Does PPWR apply to companies based outside the EU?

Yes. PPWR applies to any packaging or packaged product placed on the EU market, regardless of where the producer is based. Non-EU manufacturers, importers, and distributors all need to demonstrate substance conformity, hold the technical dossier, and sign the Declaration of Conformity for the packaging they put into EU circulation.

What's the difference between PPWR conformity and EPR registration?

They're two different obligations under the same regulation. PPWR conformity is about proving each packaging unit meets the substance, documentation and design rules — that's what our PPWR lens covers. EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) is the per-country administrative side: registering with national schemes like LUCID (DE), Citeo (FR), or CONAI (IT), reporting the volume and material of packaging you place on each market, and paying the corresponding waste-management fees. EPR registration sits in a separate workflow with each national PRO. Our platform produces the verified material, weight, and substance data those workflows need; it doesn't replace the national registration itself.

Which packaging is in scope?

All packaging placed on the EU market — primary (sales), secondary (grouped), and tertiary (transport) — across every material (plastics, paper and cardboard, glass, metals, and composites) and every channel (B2C, B2B, online). A handful of derogations apply (e.g. for recycled glass, certain reusable transport packaging) and the lens applies them automatically.

How long does implementation take?

Most customers are scoped, integrated, and have their first supplier campaign live within 4–6 weeks. The pace depends on how clean your packaging master data is and how many SKUs are in scope. We ingest from SAP, Coupa, Ariba or CSV, and our team can run the campaign for you if your compliance org is stretched.

What happens with the 2028 and 2030 phases?

The same data model that captures heavy metals and PFAS today extends to recyclability classes, harmonised labelling, recycled-content thresholds, minimisation, and reuse. As each phase is clarified by delegated and implementing acts, the lens picks up the new verdicts — you don't re-build your packaging portfolio for every wave.

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