EU PPWR FAQs Updated August 2026 - Flipbook - Page 67
DRS established before 11 February 2025 are required to be non-profit by 1 January 2035 only if
the Member State does not reach the 90% separate collection targets when they are first reviewed
or at the latest by 1 January 2029 (Article 50(11) PPWR).
5) Is packaging of milk, wine and spirits also exempted from the 90% separate collection
targets?
According to Article 50(4), single-use plastic beverage bottles and metal containers with milk and
milk-products, wine or products similar to wine and spirits are exempted from the requirement to
be part of a DRS. However, such products must be included in the calculation of the separate
collection targets under Article 50(1). Moreover, Member States have flexibility on whether or not
to include the packaging for these products in their DRS.
6) Can single use Deposit and Return Systems register and report on behalf of producers
to comply with extended producer responsibility obligations? NEW!
Deposit and return systems for single-use packaging established pursuant to Article 50 of the
PPWR, which have organisational, technical and financial arrangements comparable to those of
producer responsibility organisations, can register and report on behalf of the producers
participating in those systems to the register of producers established under Article 44(1) of the
PPWR.
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