REP Professional Packaging
Twiice’s solutions for the automotive sector
Multi-material packaging, complex logistics chains, and a high proportion of reusable packaging — the automotive sector faces its own challenges when it comes to the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme for commercial packaging. Twiice supports you every step of the way, from ensuring compliance to optimising your practices.
Are companies in the automotive sector subject to EPR?
Yes, companies in the automotive sector are subject to the EPR scheme for professional packaging (EPRO) as soon as they place packaged products intended for professionals on the French market.
Packaging in scope:
The scheme covers in particular:
Grouped packaging: boxes, crates, trays and protective systems.
Transport packaging: pallets, film, covers, layer pads, racks and reusable logistics packaging.
Not sure about your situation?
Our packaging flow analysis helps you identify precisely your status as a producer placing packaging on the market and the packaging flows covered by EPR.
Sector-specific challenges
Complex, multi-tier supply chains
Packaging may pass through several suppliers, logistics sites and principals before reaching its destination. Responsibility must be determined according to the role played in each flow.
A strong culture of reusable packaging
Racks, bins, crates and pallets already circulate in closed or semi-closed loops. EPR is an opportunity to improve traceability, return rates and rotations.
Technical packaging performance
Protection against impact, corrosion and contamination, and compatibility with automated handling, can limit substitution options. Eco-design must preserve industrial performance.
Reliable packaging data
Packaging data may be spread across purchasing, logistics, engineering and supplier systems. It must be consolidated to produce robust declarations.
What EPR changes for your company
If you are a producer placing packaging on the market
Any company that packs, has products packed or imports packaged products intended for professionals may be considered a producer placing packaging on the market. When the scheme comes into force, you will need to:
- join an approved eco-organisation;
- obtain a Unique Identifier (IDU);
- declare the quantities of packaging placed on the market;
- pay the corresponding eco-contributions.
If you are a professional packaging waste holder
Plants, workshops, warehouses, dealerships and logistics sites that receive and unpack parts or materials are packaging waste holders. You will need to:
- sort your packaging waste in accordance with the regulations;
- organise its management and collection;
- keep evidence of collection and treatment;
- favour reuse wherever possible.
Waste holders are not required to join an EPR scheme for the packaging they receive, but they play an essential role in reuse, sorting and recovery.
Special cases
Particular attention is needed for customer-owned packaging, packaging added by logistics providers, contract packing, imported parts and reusable packaging pools.
Each situation must be assessed flow by flow to identify who is responsible for placing the packaging on the market and which EPR scheme applies.
Twiice’s expertise for the automotive sector
For several years now, Twiice has been supporting players in the automotive sector with practical challenges: identifying streams of reusable packaging, establishing a traceability system for them, and developing recycling solutions tailored to technical packaging.
Understand and map your packaging flows
Twiice helps companies identify the packaging in scope, the volumes placed on the market, their responsibilities as producers placing packaging on the market or waste holders, and the organisational impact of EPR.
Develop reuse in logistics chains
Reusable packaging is already a reality in many automotive logistics chains. Twiice supports companies that want to identify their reusable packaging, secure its traceability, structure their logistics loops and improve their environmental performance.
Strengthen traceability
Quantities placed on the market, materials used, reusable packaging, recycled content: Twiice helps companies put in place the traceability tools needed for regulatory compliance and continuous improvement.
Optimise recycling and the incorporation of recycled materials
Twiice supports automotive companies in assessing the recyclability of their packaging, identifying suitable recycling channels and incorporating recycled materials into their processes. This support helps them anticipate regulatory requirements for recycled content, as part of a compliance and continuous improvement approach to environmental performance.
Support that matches your needs
Twiice offers three levels of support depending on your challenges. A garage or car centre with low packaging volumes? Move forward independently with the Compliance pathway. A multi-site supplier with procurement, CSR and finance to align? Structure your governance with the Organisation pathway. A carmaker or large group ready to make your packaging a performance lever? Activate the Transformation pathway.
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Improve sorting at source and collection
Packaging waste assessment
A partner expert maps your plastic packaging flows on site, analyses your practices and identifies priority levers for reduction, reuse and recycling. The outcome: an operational roadmap.
For producers placing packaging on the market and waste holders (funded by Twiice)
Sorting at source
Setting up separate sorting on your sites, with guidance adapted to plastic packaging in the automotive sector, team support and consolidation of flows towards recycling channels.
For producers placing packaging on the market and waste holders (funded by Twiice)
Equipment purchases
Support for purchasing pre-collection equipment to improve the separation, storage and management of plastic packaging flows on your sites.
For producers placing packaging on the market and waste holders (funded by Twiice through calls for projects)
Optimise the overall performance of plastic packaging
Awareness & Communication Kit
Educational tools and suitable signage to help your teams apply good practices for sorting and managing plastic packaging.
For producers placing packaging on the market and waste holders (produced by Twiice)
Industrial investment
Support for targeted investment to improve the collection, sorting and treatment of professional plastic packaging.
For producers placing packaging on the market and waste holders (funded by Twiice through calls for projects)
Eco-design
Recycled plastic incorporation / IMPR
Do you incorporate recycled plastic into your packaging? Twiice funds traceability audits to certify your recycled content rates and access the premium: up to €1,000 per tonne for resins that are difficult to recycle.
For producers placing packaging on the market and waste holders (funded by Twiice)
MyRecycledContent
Looking to secure your supply of recycled plastics? MyRecycledContent, our responsible purchasing platform, connects you with a network of qualified suppliers offering certified packaging that incorporates recycled materials.
Discover all of Twiice’s solutions and financial support for producers placing packaging on the market and packaging waste holders in their reuse, collection and recycling initiatives.
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Twiice supports automotive companies from compliance through to packaging optimisation, with the pathway that suits them.
FAQ
Is my automotive business subject to the EPR scheme on professional packaging?
Yes, as long as it places packaged products intended for professionals on the French market, whether it is a carmaker, supplier, distributor, garage or logistics provider.
Is logistics packaging covered?
Yes. Pallets, plastic covers, crates and other transport packaging fall within the scope of the EPR scheme for professional packaging when they are placed on the market for professionals.
Does reusable packaging have to be declared?
Yes. It is declared when first placed on the market and benefits from a reduction of at least 50% in the eco-contribution. Subsequent rotations do not give rise to any new contribution.
Who is responsible for joining the EPR scheme in a complex supply chain?
The producer placing packaging on the market: the entity that packs, has packed or imports the packaged product intended for professionals. In cases of co-packing or complex distribution, our packaging flow analysis helps identify responsibilities precisely.
Are garages producers placing packaging on the market or waste holders?
Both are possible, depending on the activity. For example, a garage that distributes spare parts under its own brand is likely to be a producer placing packaging on the market. A garage that receives products packaged by its suppliers is a waste holder.
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