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The 20 stations
The regulation runs like a line: packaging is designed, graded, labelled, documented, registered, and at the end inspected. Each station is one cluster of guides, completed whole.
Station 01 - Intake PPWR foundations What the regulation is, what it covers and who it catches - the entry point to the whole line. (12 guides) Station 02 - Scheduler Timeline and application dates Every start date in one place: 2026 application, 2028 labelling, 2029 deposit return, 2030 design rules, and the 2035 and 2038 tightenings. (12 guides) Station 03 - Roles desk Roles and responsibilities Manufacturer, importer, distributor, fulfilment provider, authorised representative: the regulation assigns duties by role, not by company size. (12 guides) Station 04 - Format floor Packaging types and formats Sales, grouped, transport, service and e-commerce packaging - the format decides which obligations attach. (12 guides) Station 05 - Grading bench Recyclability and design for recycling Grades A, B and C, the design-for-recycling criteria and the recycled-at-scale test that follows them. (12 guides) Station 06 - Resin store Recycled content The plastic recycled-content targets for 2030 and 2040, how they are calculated and the evidence behind a claim. (12 guides) Station 07 - Chemistry bench Substances and PFAS Article 5: minimising substances of concern, the PFAS thresholds in food-contact packaging and the heavy-metals ceiling. (12 guides) Station 08 - Trim bench Minimisation and empty space Packaging reduced to what the product needs: the minimisation duty and the 50 percent empty-space ratio. (12 guides) Station 09 - Label press Labelling and marking Harmonised sorting pictograms, material identification, recycled-content and reuse labels, and digital data carriers. (12 guides) Station 10 - Paperwork office Declaration of conformity and technical documentation The Annex VII file, the EU declaration of conformity and how long the paperwork must be kept. (12 guides) Station 11 - Registry window EPR and producer registration Registration in every member state of placement, authorised representatives and eco-modulated fees. (12 guides) Station 12 - Returns loop Reuse and refill Reuse targets for transport packaging, refill duties and the offers final distributors must make. (12 guides) Station 13 - Deposit desk Deposit return systems Deposit return for beverage bottles and cans by 2029: scope, exemptions and how schemes interoperate. (12 guides) Station 14 - Stop gate Restrictions and banned formats The Annex V single-use formats that end in 2030, the Single-Use Plastics additions and the carrier-bag rules. (12 guides) Station 15 - Compost corner Compostable packaging The short list of formats that must be compostable by 2028, the standards behind them and member-state home-compost rules. (12 guides) Station 16 - Border posts Member states and national implementation Registers, penalties and national variations: the regulation is one text, but enforcement is 27 desks. (14 guides) Station 17 - Parcel dock E-commerce and marketplaces Distance sales, platform verification duties and what non-EU sellers must arrange before they ship. (12 guides) Station 18 - Food line Sector guide: food and beverage Food-contact rules, PFAS, deposit return and reuse where packaging meets food and drink. (12 guides) Station 19 - Industrial bay Sector guide: cosmetics, pharma and industry Contact-sensitive packaging, transport and industrial formats, and the exemptions that actually apply. (12 guides) Station 20 - Inspection point Compliance operations and enforcement Market surveillance, corrective action, penalties and audit readiness - the end of the line. (12 guides)