Check packaging

Here you can check whether your packaging is subject to producer responsibility. Please note that the result of the test is not a legal decision; it should only be seen as a guidance.

Is your product packaging (empty or filled)?

Your product is packaging if it is used for the containment, protection, handling, delivery and presentation of goods.

Yes No

Which type of packaging fits best your product?

Primary packaging (sales packaging)

Packaging making up together with a product a commodity that is sold at a point of sale to consumers or a company.

Secondary packaging (grouped packaging)

Packaging making up a grouping of sales units at a point of sale whether or not it is sold as such to a consumer or is only used, for instance, to fill the shelves at a point of sale. It must be possible to remove the packaging from the product without affecting its characteristics.

Tertiary packaging (transport packaging)

Packaging conceived so as to facilitate handling and transport of a number of sales units or grouped packagings in order to prevent physical handling and transport damage.

Service packaging

Packaging intended to be filled at a point of sale from where it is sold to a company or a consumer. This may be, for instance, a pizza box.

Empty cups for beverages or beverage containers complying with all three criteria:

1) The product consists of plastic in whole or in part, 2) The product is intended to be used only once, 3) The product is not intended to be filled at a point of sale.

Indicative result of test: Your product is subject to producer responsibility for Packaging

Your product is subject to producer responsibility for Packaging in Denmark. If your company is subject to producer responsibility, you must register your company and report the products in the register.

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Is your product intended to be filled at a point of sale from where it is sold to a company or a consumer?

This may be, for instance, a pizza box.

Yes No

Is your product empty cups for beverages or beverage containers complying with all three criteria:

1) The product consists of plastic in whole or in part, 2) The product is intended to be used only once, 3) The product is not intended to be filled at a point of sale.

Yes No

Indicative result of test: Your product is subject to producer responsibility for Packaging

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Indicative result of test: Your product is not subject to producer responsibility for Packaging

Your product is not categorised as packaging and is not subject to this producer responsibility in Denmark.

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Can the packaging be separated from the packed product?

Examples are rolls from toilet paper, matchboxes, or caps for beverages that are empty after use. Examples of packaging that cannot be separated from the product during use are printer cartridges, tea bags, or coffee capsules that are discarded together with the used coffee product.

Yes No

Indicative result of test: Your product is not subject to producer responsibility for Packaging

Your product is not categorised as packaging and is not subject to this producer responsibility in Denmark.

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If in doubt - Contact DPA

Is your packaging covered by the deposit-return system (Dansk Retursystem A/S)?

Yes No

Indicative result of test: Your product is not subject to producer responsibility for Packaging

If your packaging is covered by the deposit-return system, it is not subject to producer responsibility for Packaging.

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Is your packaging collected in view of being reused for the same purpose?

Reusable packaging is packaging conceived and designed for being refilled or reused for the same purpose for which it was conceived. Reusable packaging is collected and reused several times.

Yes No

The producer responsibility for Reuseable packaging enters into force on 1 January 2025.

Your product falls under the category Reusable packaging that is planned to be subject to producer responsibility in Denmark on 1 January 2025.

DPA will publish on our website, when the register is open for registration of the category Reusable packaging.

Indicative result of test: Your product is subject to producer responsibility for Packaging

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Which material does your packaging consist of?

If your packaging consists of several different materials that cannot be readily separated, you must choose the primary material of the packaging. By contrast, if the materials can be readily separated you must take the test for each material.

Aluminium Glass Ferrous metal Cardboard Paper Plastic (Including Expanded polystyren (EPS)) Wood Other

Indicative result of test: Your product is subject to producer responsibility for Packaging

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Indicative result of test: Your product is subject to producer responsibility for Packaging

Find your packaging category

Indicative result of test: Your product is subject to producer responsibility for Packaging

Find your packaging category

Indicative result of test: Your product is subject to producer responsibility for Packaging

Find your packaging category

Indicative result of test: Your product is subject to producer responsibility for Packaging

Find your packaging category

Indicative result of test: Your product is subject to producer responsibility for packaging

Your product is subject to producer responsibility for packaging in Denmark. If your company is subject to producer responsibility, you must register your company and report the products in the register. Read more about producer responsibility for packaging

Are you unsure whether your company is subject to producer responsibility in Denmark? Check to see if you are covered

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Indicative result of test: Your product is subject to producer responsibility for Packaging

Find your packaging category

Indicative result of test: Your product is not subject to producer responsibility for Packaging

Your product is not categorised as packaging and is not subject to this producer responsibility in Denmark.

Read more about packaging

If in doubt - Contact DPA