How do European Regulators Enforce Recycling Regulations?
Dean Cogger, November 23rd, 2022
Dean is EC4P's Managing Compliance Consultant helping companies identify their legal exposure to WEEE, Batteries and Packaging legislation and providing cost-effective and legally-robust compliance solutions.
European regulators are enforcing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) recycling regulations, and actions they are taking to identify and punish non-compliance include:
Non-compliant companies are being denied market access
Online marketplaces are obligated to check whether sellers are registered
Tesla was fined €12 million for non-compliance to the batteries regulations
Companies are encouraged to identify competitors’ non-compliance in each country and report them to regulators via ‘whistle blower’ websites
Rogue waste processor in the UK defrauded a producer compliance scheme and it’s producer members out of GBP 1.5 million
Watch the webinar recording below and download the slides to find out more.