Reconomy, the international circular economy specialist, announces an exciting new strategic partnership which brings together the number one data provider in the UK, Valpak, with the preeminent Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) in Denmark, VANA.
It comes alongside the introduction of new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations in Denmark which came into force on 1st April 2024, requiring obligated producers to report planned packaging consumption.
Through the partnership, Valpak will offer VANA members its complete, end-to-end offering both for in-country compliance for Denmark regulations but also international compliance for multinational members as EPR requirements change and emerge rapidly across the world.
As part of its solution, Valpak will:
• Collect supplier data from its Data Hub;
• Store and manage data within its internal product and packaging database to ease the burden of data management;
• Calculate EPR submissions on members’ behalf;
• Prepare data in the correct format for submission in line with country-specific EPR;
• Provide detailed insight of the packaging each business handles, helping to analyse packaging to reduce weights and improve design.
VANA is a membership body founded and supported by Denmark's largest trade and business organisations. Its members number up to 70% of the companies that are covered by the producer responsibility for packaging across all industries, thereby enabling the majority of impacted businesses to access Valpak’s services.
The compliance support and reporting services from Valpak are underpinned by a vast product database, containing over 50 million SKUs with unique packaging metrics, supported by 125 data experts to ensure efficient and accurate operations. Its customers typically achieve a minimum 30% increase in efficiency and cost savings