Manufacturers, importers, distance sellers and packers of certain products are responsible for the waste management of their products. Read more about producer responsibilty in Finland at:
What does producer responsibility mean?
Producer responsibility refers to companies’ obligation to handle the waste management of products they have imported or manufactured when the products are discarded.
Who is a producer?
Producer responsibility pertains to companies that import or manufacture the following products:
- cars, vans and comparable vehicles;
- tyres from motor vehicles, other vehicles and equipment as well as vehicles or equipment supplied with tyres (including tyre retreading companies);
- electronic and electrical appliances;
- batteries and accumulators;
- printing paper and paper for manufacturing other paper products;
- packaging where the producer responsibility pertains to the packers of the products and importers or packaged products, but excluding the packaging producers.