Producer responsibility in the Åland Islands
The Åland producer responsibility scheme is separate from the mainland Finland producer responsibility scheme.
In the Åland Islands producer responsibility for packaging is a legal obligation for companies from 1.1.2025 onwards. The responsibility lies with companies that pack in Åland to the Åland market, import packed products to Åland or sell packed products in Åland by distance selling. An exception to this is so-called service and grower packaging, where the producer responsibility lies with the manufacturer in Åland or importer of the service or grower packaging in Åland.
When a company enters into a contract with Finnish Packaging Producers Ltd (FPP) regarding the Åland EPR scheme, it transfers its collection and recycling obligations for packaging in Åland to FPP. FPP is a Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) operating in both mainland Finland and Åland Islands.
There are only two things left for the company to do after signing the contract:
- Report packaging data to Rinki*.
- Payment of producer responsibility payments based on packaging data
The 2025 packaging data is reported to Rinki in January 2026. The invoicing of producer responsibility fees will take place after the reporting. A separate price list will be published for EPR fees for Åland, the price list for Mainland Finland does not apply to Åland.
*Rinki Oy is a service company established and owned by the Finnish industry and trade, which handles the collection of packaging data from producers, customer service and invoicing of EPR fees on behalf of FFP.
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Join FPP!
Download the contract below to take care of your company’s producer responsibility in Åland. Join by sending a completed and signed contract to Rinki at info@rinkiin.fi.
Companies that have joined the Åland scheme can be found here.
Contracts
The contract A is intended for:
- Producers established in Åland who place packaged products on the Åland market.
- producers established in Åland who import professionally packaged products onto the Åland market
- producers established in Åland who manufacture or import professionally service and farmers’ packaging in Åland.
The B-Contract is intended for;
- Distance sellers (a distance seller is a producer who sells products directly to users in Åland by distance selling and is established in a region other than Åland).
- operators comparable to a producer (an operator established in a region other than Åland that delivers products to producers established in Åland by other means than distance selling.)
- e-commerce platform administrators (an e-commerce platform administrator that fulfills the EPR obligations of distance sellers operating on its platform)
- authorised representatives (an authorised representative established in Åland, authorised by a written Authorisation Agreement, who assume producer responsibility on behalf of the Distance Seller / Operator comparable to a producer / E-Commerce Platform Administrator in Åland)
Download the correct contract form for your company above.
Please send the signed contract to Rinki at info@rinkiin.fi.