Registration of single-use plastic products
Companies that market single-use plastic products must register with the authorities and at the same time choose a PRO (Producer Responsibility Organisation) if wanted. If you want VANA to handle your producer responsibility for single-use plastic products, you can register ypour company and categories directly in the Member Portal. You can register directly with DPA and choose VANA as your PRO there, and we will automatically be notified.
What must to be registered in 2024?
Companies marketing single-use plastic products must be registered with the Dansk Producentansvar (DPA) for each of the product categories below by 17 December 2024.
- food containers
- wrapping bags and foils
- beverage containers
- beverage cups
- lightweight plastic carrier bags
- wet wipes
- balloons
- filters for tobacco products.
Registration and reporting requires MitID Erhverv
Registration to the authorities is done through DPA (Danish Producer Responsibility) and requires authorisation with MitID Erhverv for Danish companies.
Foreign companies and organisations must register and report with username and password.
Covered single-use plastic products
Find an overview of the individual categories for single-use plastic products here.
Reporting of quantities in 2025
Companies that place single-use plastic products on the market must report quantities placed on the market to the authorities for the first time between 1 and 10 April 2025.
Thereafter, reporting must be done each quarter, between 1 and 10 April, July, October and January for quantities placed on the market in the previous period.
VANA members can report directly in the Member Portal. More information will follow before the first reporting in April. Read more about membership here.
Prices and fees
Handling the producer responsibility for single-use plastic products costs an annual basic administration fee of DKK 1,000 to VANA A/S. The amount is invoiced with the calendar year's first reporting regarding single-use plastic products; the first time in April 2025, when single-use plastic products must be reported for the first time.
In addition, based on the reported quantities, a fee must be paid to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency for clean-up and information obligations (paid to DPA quarterly), as well as an annual (half-yearly in 2025) administration fee to DPA.
VANA is working on being able to handle the payment obligation so that all invoices are sent from VANA. More information will follow when this is implemented.
If you are not already a member of VANA, membership costs a start-up fee of DKK 4,000. Read more about membership here.
VANA calls for harmonisation and guidance on single-use plastic products
Many companies will not only be covered by the producer responsibility on packaging, but also by the producer responsibility on certain single-use plastic products.
VANA's CEO, Marianne Roed Jakobsen, emphasises in a consultation response to the Ministry of the Environment that VANA supports the ambitions of the producer responsibility and looks forward to lifting it on behalf of our members - also for single-use plastic products. However, there is a need for comprehensive and uniform guidance from the authorities, because the legislation contains several different product categories, producer definitions, fee types and deadlines, which obstructs a smooth implementation which achieves the desired environmental effects.
Read VANA's response here (Danish only).