Reporting packaging data
Companies that have joined producer organisations must submit data concerning the packaging of the products that they have placed on the market to Rinki. How and when will this packaging data need to be reported? We are here to help.
Companies with producer responsibility are legally obliged to organise the collection and recycling of the packaging of all products that they place on the market. This ensures that the packaging materials can be recycled into new packaging and products as efficiently as possible.
When companies join the producer responsibility scheme, they transfer their obligation to collect and recycle their packaging to the producer organisations. Companies are left with two duties:
- Reporting their packaging data to Rinki
- Paying the recycling and customer fees determined on the basis of their packaging data.
Reporting packaging data on time is essential for the producer responsibility scheme to work as it directly affects the system’s financing, invoicing and operations. The deadline for packaging data for 2024 has been brought forward by a month, and the deadline for reporting packaging data is January 31, 2025.
Your company will not be left alone to report packaging data. We are here to help.
Instructions for reporting packaging data 2023 – Detailed declaration form
Below you can find the instructions for reporting packaging data 2023 using the detailed declaration form.
Packaging data from 2023 is reported starting from January 2024 using Rinki’s Extranet service.
Instructions for reporting packaging data 2023: detailed declaration form
Instructions for reporting packaging data 2023 – Light declaration form
Below you can find the instructions for reporting packaging data 2023 using the light declaration form.
A company can use the light declaration form to report packaging data if the total volume of packaging put on the market by the company is less than 50 tonnes. Packaging put on the market covers packaging that is used for packing products in Finland in-house or by a subcontractor or packaging that is imported to Finland with packed products.
Packaging data from 2023 is reported starting from January 2024 using Rinki’s Extranet service.
Instructions for reporting packaging data 2023: Light declaration form
Instructions for reporting packaging data 2023 – SUP declaration form
The instructions for filling the SUP declaration form can be found below.
SUP-packaging data 2023 is reported starting from January 2024 using Rinki’s Extranet service.
Instructions for reporting packaging data 2023: SUP packaging data
Instructions for reporting packaging data 2023 – Compensation form for service and grower packaging
The instructions for filling the compensation form for service and grower packaging can be found below.
With the compensation form your company can receive a refund for recycling fees and business service fees for certain packaging reported on the basic declaration form (either the light or the detailed declaration form).
Instructions for filling the compensation form for service and grower packaging
Extranet
Registered companies have access to the Rinki’s Extranet service. A company can use the service to report the packaging data to Rinki quickly and easily, and the service also provides instructions for submitting the data.
The Extranet can be accessed by company’s contact persons whose details have been provided to Rinki; the contact persons’ details can be updated at any time on the Extranet.
Logging in to the Extranet is easy: the service is accessed using an email address and a one-time PIN code, which will be sent by email and, if necessary, to mobile number via an SMS message when you log in. An SMS message can only be sent if the mobile number is saved in our register.
Extranet
Deadline for reporting
2023 packaging data must be reported by 29.2.2024.
The deadline for packaging data for 2024 has been brought forward by a month, and the deadline for reporting packaging data is January 31, 2025.
Reporting the packaging data is essential for the producer responsibility system to work as it directly affects the financing and operation of the system.
Packaging weights
We compiled packaging weights of the most common packaging to help with reporting. Check out more here!
FAQs about reporting
Who reports the package? Are imports reported, and what about exports? Read answers to frequently asked questions about reporting packaging information here.