Legislation

Legislation relating to single-use plastic products

Here you can find EU legislation on single-use plastic products and the Danish implementation. In general, the Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Directive is implemented in the Danish Environmental Protection Act, while Statutory Orders implement legislation on the different products. The Statutory Order on extended producer responsibility for filters for the use of tobacco products is the first SUP- Statutory Order in force.

Single-Use Plastics Directive

The EU directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment is also called the Single-Use Plastics Directive.

DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/904 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment

Statutory Order for tobacco filters (In Danish)

The main Danish Statutory Order setting out the rules for producers, importers, compliance schemes and local authorities along with register administration at Danish Producer Responsibility (DPA)

Statutory Order on extended producer responsibility for tobacco product filters. no 1277 af 11/09/2022

From EU to DK

The EU directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment is also called the Single-Use Plastics Directive or the SUP directive (short for single-use plastics). The directive regulated the ten most commonly found groups of littered single-use plastic products. Regulatory instruments are marketing restrictions, substitution, marking and information as well as producer responsibility for cleaning up litter.