Registration of company and expected packaging quantities

Companies covered by the producer responsibility for packaging must register with the authorities and report their expected packaging quantities for 2024. As a member of VANA, you can do it all in the Member Portal.

What needs to be reported in 2024?

See VANA's guide to reporting of packaging.

In 2024, the company itself must be registered in the producer register and expected packaging quantities for 2024 must be reported divided into the following fractions:

cardboard
paper
ferrous metals
aluminium
glass
plastic
food and beverage cartons
wood.

Reporting must be made in kilograms for the quantities of: commercial packaging and household packaging.

This does not mean that you must indicate whether you sell to households or businesses, but that you must give your best guess as to whether the packaging ends up in household (B2C) or commercial waste (B2B) when the packaging becomes waste.

You must also state if you know whether the packaging is to be sorted as residual waste or hazardous waste - e.g. pizza boxes (residual waste) or hairspray (hazardous waste).

Make it easy: Join VANA now

At VANA, we work to make it as simple as possible to meet the obligations of producer responsibility. We therefore also handle registration and reporting in 2024 on behalf of our members through VANA's Member Portal.

When joining VANA, there is a one-time payment of DKK 4,000 in start-up contributions (DKK 2,000 for companies below the triviality limit).

If you are not a member already, register your company now - and we will keep you up to date on important information and deadlines in connection with the upcoming requirements and obligations.

Reporting of packaging of several materials

If the packaging consists of several materials, which cannot easily be separated, the combined weight must be reported in the material category of which the packaging mainly consists of.

In other areas of implementation of the producer responsibility, the authorities have defined weight as the decisive factor. Until there is a guide, we therefore recommend that you evaluate "mainly"
based on the material that weighs the most in the packaging.

For companies with less than 8 tons of packaging annually (triviality limit)

If you expect to make less than 8 tons of packaging available on the market, you can choose to register only the total expected amount of packaging made available in 2024, in kilograms, divided in respectively household packaging and commercial packaging - and thus not divided into the individual fractions.
Read more about the triviality limit here.

Reusable packaging and take-back schemes

Data regarding marketed reusable packaging must not be reported until after the producer responsibility comes into force.

Reusable packaging is packaging that is collected and used several times for the same purpose, i.e. through a deposit or return system.

Data on expected quantities taken back in 2024 are not to be reported.
Learn more about take-back schemes here.

The quantities reported in 2024 are used by the authorities (DPA) to allocate municipalities to the producer responsibility organisations (PRO's) when the producer responsibility for packaging comes into force.

Registration and reporting requires MitID Business

Registration and reporting to the authorities is done through VANA's Member Portal and requires approval with MitID Business for Danish companies.

Foreign companies and players must register and report directly with the authorities (DPA) with username and password.

Criteria for reporting in 2025

The level of detail for the eco-modulated fees and design requirements for each material category will be submitted for consultation in September 2024.

The Danish Environmental Protection Agency has published a recommendation for material categories and design requirements.

Get a price estimate for the treatment of your packaging waste in 2025 here.