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Do you manufacture, sell or import packaging or packaged products on the Belgian market?
Then you are affected by extended producer responsibility. This means that you must contribute financially and/or operationally to the end-of-life management of your packaging.
And that’s not all: you must also provide proof that the packaging that becomes waste at your customers’ premises is actually recycled.
Valipac supports companies in implementing extended producer responsibility (EPR) for commercial and industrial packaging.
Our mission: to help you remain compliant in an optimal cost-effective model.
Legal framework
The European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)
The PPWR (Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation) is the European regulation (EU 2025/40) on packaging and packaging waste, directly applicable in all Member States from 12 August 2026.
It aims to reduce waste, improve recycling and encourage reuse.
More information on the objectives of the PPWR can be found in our brochure.
In Belgium, these provisions are governed by the Interregional Cooperation Agreement. It covers the prevention and management of all types of packaging waste generated on Belgian territory. It has been in force since 1997 for household packaging and since 1998 for industrial packaging and is currently being revised to comply with the European Regulation on packaging and packaging waste.
Being a producer, what does that mean?
- Contribute financially to the end-of-life management of the packaging you place on the market.
- Achieve and demonstrate each year the recycling percentages imposed for packaging that becomes waste for your Belgian customers.
- Join an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) organisation.
- Reporting to this organisation the tonnages of packaging placed on the Belgian market.
Our added value: relieving you of these obligations
What if valipac didn’t exist?
Does this concern you?
Do you want to know whether or not the Extended Producer Responsibility actually applies to your business? This short questionnaire will help you to understand your status.
Read this before you reply to the questionnaire:
- this questionnaire is completely anonymous. The information supplied will not be kept, nor will it be used in any way for direct marketing;
- the questions enquire about industrial packaging only (e.g. cardboard boxes, pallets, barrels, wrapping film for pallets, etc). Your status is determined purely according to these parameters;
- the questions are relevant only to your situation for the current year.
If you have any doubts on how to understand these questions, you can always ask our advisers over the phone on +32 (0)2 456 83 10 or send an email to customer@valipac.be
How can Valipac help you?
Being a Valipac customer means you can be sure that you are complying with industrial packaging legislation. Nearly 6,200 companies currently trust us to meet their extended producer responsibility (EPR) obligations. In exchange for this peace of mind, you send us an annual declaration of the packaging for which you are responsible.
Become a Valipac customer
Valipac takes care of the formalities associated with this obligation. We collect proof of recycling and recovery of your packaging on your behalf and communicate this information to the authorities. By becoming a Valipac customer, you avoid the administrative penalties provided for by law.
What is our added value?
- You comply with extended producer responsibility for commercial and industrial packaging at optimal cost/efficiency.
- You benefit from our support in achieving your prevention, recyclability, reuse and recycled content targets.
- You have access to various sources of information on these and many other topics (newsletters, webinars, workshops, etc.).
- We also guarantee that the packaging for which you are responsible is recovered under proper conditions worldwide and seek local collection and recycling solutions to ensure that the recycling rates imposed on you are achieved.
How much do Valipac services cost?
The amount invoiced to you by Valipac will depend on the tonnage and type of the packaging that you produce. Our business model guarantees rates that are unaffected by fluctuations in the materials market.
Rates applicable for the reference year 2026.
The minimum amount of the financing contribution is set at €50.
| Material | Tariff 2025 (€/tonne) | Tariff 2026 (€/tonne) |
| Recyclable packaging excl. plastic | 20 | 20 |
| Recyclable plastic packaging | 63 | 63 |
| Non-recyclable packaging | 126 | 126 |
| Reusable packaging | 0 | 0 |
Becoming a client
Put your confidence in Valipac, as do about 6,200 other Belgian businesses, and delegate your obligations for recovery and data reporting.
Becoming a client, is easy: call one of our advisors by phone on +32 (0)2 456 83 10 or send an email to customer@valipac.be to ask for your membership application forms.
