PPWR consultant: compliance through your supply chain
Brinx Procurement helps brands, producers and importers prove that their packaging complies with the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Practical, supplier-driven and at fixed prices.
Why PPWR gets stuck in the supply chain
The PPWR (Regulation (EU) 2025/40) has applied directly in all EU member states since 12 August 2026. Every piece of packaging you place on the EU market must demonstrably comply, backed by technical documentation and an EU declaration of conformity.
The legal text is rarely the problem. The supply chain is. The data you need sits with your suppliers, spread across systems, departments and countries, and nobody is sure who owes which declaration. That is where Brinx starts: in procurement.
Our approach
1. Quick scan and role assessment
For each packaging type we determine whether you are a manufacturer, importer, distributor or fulfilment service provider, and which obligations follow.
2. Packaging portfolio analysis
We map all packaging, materials and components against PPWR requirements and deadlines.
3. Supplier data collection
We request the right declarations and test data from your suppliers, review them and chase what is missing.
4. DoC and technical file
We draft your technical documentation and EU declarations of conformity and set up how they are maintained.
5. Interim support
We run your PPWR implementation temporarily or reinforce your team, until it is embedded in purchasing terms and specifications.
PPWR quick scan – €1,495 fixed price
Within two weeks you know where you stand and what to do. Fully remote.
You get:
- Online intake session (approx. 1.5 hours) on products, packaging, markets and suppliers
- Role assessment per packaging type, with the related obligations
- Supply chain analysis: who provides which declaration, and where the gaps are
- Gap analysis of supplier declarations, technical documentation and declarations of conformity
- Priority plan: what is due now, before 2028 and before 2030
- A 6–8 page report and a 1-hour review meeting
Price: €1,495 excl. VAT, up to 25 packaging types. More types? We provide a quote for a full portfolio analysis. If you commission follow-up work within three months, the quick scan fee is credited.
Free PPWR role check
What is your role under the PPWR? Answer ten questions and see which obligations probably apply to you. No data is stored.
Experience
Brinx led the PPWR implementation for a large international organisation:
- PPWR implementation for hundreds of clients in the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain, plus clients shipping from the UK into the EU
- Analysis of the complete packaging portfolio
- Supplier declarations requested, reviewed and recorded
- EU declarations of conformity and technical documentation drafted
- Packaging database set up as the basis for files and reporting
- Supply chain analyses: who is responsible for what, from supplier to customer
- Workshops for internal and external stakeholders
Backed by 25 years of procurement experience in food, corporate services, industry and logistics.
Frequently asked questions
What is the PPWR?
The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2025/40) is the EU’s packaging law. It replaces the 1994 packaging directive and applies directly in all member states, with no national transposition.
When does the PPWR apply?
The general obligations have applied since 12 August 2026, including conformity assessment, technical documentation and PFAS limits for food-contact packaging. Further requirements follow in phases: material-composition labelling expected from August 2028, and from 2030 recyclability requirements, minimum recycled content in plastic and a cap on empty space, among others. These tighten again around 2038–2040.
Who does the PPWR apply to?
Anyone who places packaging or packaged products on the EU market or trades them: manufacturers, importers, distributors and fulfilment service providers. Companies outside the EU shipping to EU customers are covered too.
When am I a "manufacturer" under the PPWR?
When you make packaging, or have it designed or made and place it on the market under your own name or brand. A brand owner who buys in packaging is therefore often the manufacturer – with the heaviest obligations.
What is an EU declaration of conformity (DoC)?
A statement in which the manufacturer confirms that packaging meets PPWR requirements, supported by the technical documentation. Both must be kept for five years for single-use packaging and ten years for reusable packaging.
What do I need from my suppliers?
Among other things: material composition, weight, presence of substances of concern (such as heavy metals and, for food contact, PFAS), recyclability, recycled content and the underlying test reports or declarations.
Does the PPWR apply in the United Kingdom?
No. The UK is outside EU law and has its own rules, such as UK EPR. But packaging shipped from the UK to customers in the EU must comply with the PPWR.
What does PPWR support from Brinx cost?
The PPWR quick scan costs €1,495 excl. VAT for up to 25 packaging types. Follow-up work such as portfolio analysis, supplier data collection and technical files is quoted separately.
Want to know where you stand?
Book a PPWR quick scan or ask your question. You will hear from us within two working days. Email janwillem@brinx.nl or call +31 6 41 01 11 12. Brinx Procurement, Rijssen, the Netherlands.