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.