Join a producer organisation

Producer responsibility for packaging is covered by signing a contract with a packaging producer organisation.

There are two contract forms: A and B. Both contracts have the same terms of contract.

Contract B is for:

foreign operators established in another country than Finland and distance sell packed products directly to users in Finland.

Contract B can also be used by the following operators:

Operator Comparable to a Producer which is established outside Finland and delivers products to producers established in Finland by other means than distance selling. Such an operator must fill in annex 3 which lists the producers on behalf of which producer responsibility for packaging is taken care of.

E-commerce Platform Administrator to which the distance sellers operating on the platform have given a written authorisation to fulfil the producer responsibility obligations on their behalf. Such an operator must fill in annex 4 listing the distance sellers on behalf of which producer responsibility for packaging is taken care of.

Distance seller

Contract B (pdf)

Contract A is for:

finnish packers* or the Finnish branch of a foreign company** that pack products for the Finnish market

finnish importers* or the Finnish branch of a foreign company** that operate as importers to Finland of packed products

* the company has a Finnish business ID and is domiciled in Finland

**the company has a permanent establishment in Finland and is registered as a branch in the Trade Register maintained by the National Board of Patents and Registration

Finnish packer or finnish importer

Contract A (pdf)

Finnish packer or finnish importer

Contract A (electronic signature)

Send the signed contract to be registered at RINKI to info@rinkiin.fi .

We will send the contact person indicated on the contract further information by email, when the contract has been registered and its application starts. The welcoming message includes information on reporting packaging data and instruction on how to use the RINKI Extranet service.

Finnish Packaging Producers Ltd

Finnish Packaging Producers Ltd (FPP) is a non-profit organisation, organising the recycling of carton and paper packaging, glass packaging, metal packaging, plastic packaging and wood packaging waste.

Producer responsibility is teamwork

Producer organisation

All companies with producer responsibility are legally obliged to join a producer organisation.
The producer organisation ensures that a company’s obligations under the producer responsibility scheme are taken care of. The producer organisation organises the recycling of packaging placed on the Finnish market and the collection of consumer packaging in Finland.
The producer organisation maintains packaging waste reception terminals in Finland.

Rinki

Rinki is a service company authorised by the packaging producer organisation Finnish Packaging Producers Ltd to register and manage contracts with customers.
Rinki offers customer services for Finnish Packaging Producers Ltd’s business customers on behalf of the producer organisation.
Rinki informs companies of current issues and other topics through INFO newsletters.
The company concludes the contract with the packaging sector producer organisation. The contract with Finnish Packaging Producers Ltd is registered by Rinki. By signing the contract, the company transfers its producer responsibility for packaging to the producer organisation.
Finnish Packaging Producers Ltd’s customers submit their packaging data reports to Rinki.
Rinki invoices Finnish Packaging Producers Ltd’s producer responsibility fees from companies and passes the fees on to the producer organisation.
Together with the producer organisations, we provide consumers with a nationwide network of Rinki ecopoints for packaging waste.

The cycle of your company’s packaging

When your company belongs to a producer organisation and bears its statutory producer responsibility, it also supports circular economy, reduces litter in the environment and prevents climate change.

Your company’s packaging continues its journey from Rinki ecopoints or residential collection containers to the producer organisations’ reception terminals.
Waste is then transported to different material-specific processing plants in Finland and Europe.
The material processed into raw materials continues its life in new products and packaging, for example.

Would you like to learn more about how packaging is recycled in Finland? Read more below.Operator Comparable to a Producer which is established outside Finland and delivers products to producers established in Finland by other means than distance selling. Such an operator must fill in annex 3 which lists the producers on behalf of which producer responsibility for packaging is taken care of.

How packaging is recycled

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