PPWR Deadline · August 2026
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EU Packaging Compliance · PPWR Regulation

The clarity your team needs
to comply with PPWR

A step-by-step operational package for companies placing packaging on the EU market. From not knowing where you stand to a signed Declaration of Conformity — before August 2026.

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€97 one-time · instant access

PPWR is already in force.
Most companies are not ready.

The regulation is known. But preparation is not moving at the pace the deadlines require. The reason is almost always the same — companies don't have a clear picture of what the law is actually asking for, in what sequence, and what they need to produce.

Products detained at the EU border. Full legal responsibility falling on your company — not on your supplier. And a question nobody is answering clearly: is this just a compliance cost, or can it actually change how you operate?

In most cases, companies don't find out they have a problem until it's already too late to fix it cleanly. Which means more costs, more consultants, more fragmented data — and still no clarity on what to actually do.

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Market access at risk

Non-compliant packaging means products detained at the EU border. No fixed timeline for release. That's not a fine — that's an operational crisis.

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Liability is yours, not your supplier's

Your company places the product on the market. Your company carries the full legal exposure — regardless of what your supplier told you.

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Manual processes won't survive 2027

Getting to August 2026 manually is possible. Getting through 2027 and 2028 without rebuilding everything is not. The cost of doing it wrong compounds.

One package. Everything you need.

The Clarity Map is the core document. The Excel companion is where your team works. The bonuses are what make the difference between knowing and executing.

01 Core

PPWR Clarity Map

Full compliance roadmap — PPWR maturity diagnosis with scoring, 5-phase action plan with deadlines, supplier priority matrix. 11 pages, ready to execute.

02 Excel · Interactive

Working Companion Spreadsheet

4-tab workbook: Packaging Inventory, Supplier Priority Matrix with auto-scoring, Validation Tracker, and auto-calculated PPWR Maturity Score.

+ 2 Bonuses

Bonus documents included

DoC Template, Technical Documentation Template, and AI Agent Guide — all included at no extra cost. See below.

Two extras that turn knowledge
into execution.

These are not afterthoughts. Bonus 1 gives you the documents you legally need to produce. Bonus 2 automates the work that would otherwise take weeks.

🎁 Bonus 1

Declaration of Conformity Template + Technical Documentation Template

The two documents you are legally required to produce by August 2026 — ready to fill and file.

DoC Template (Word, editable) — one per packaging material
Technical Documentation checklist (Word, editable) — 8 documents per material
Legal notice included — review with your lawyer before signing
🤖 Bonus 2 — Most valued

Step-by-step guide to build your own AI compliance agent — no coding required

€267 standalone value Included free

The same type of automation used in enterprise compliance deployments — made accessible in 6 steps, using free tools your team already has.

Supplier PDF validation: from 14 days to ~15 minutes
No coding, no technical skills required
Works with Claude, Google Drive, Make.com and Sheets
Scales to 10, 100 or 1,000 suppliers — same effort

The clock is already running.
August 2026 is not far.

The data structure you build now carries through every future regulatory update. Do it right once — never start from zero again.

2025
PPWR in force.
Clock already running.
Aug 2026
DoC + Labelling mandatory.
Legal exposure starts here.
2027
Recyclability criteria
come into force.
2028–30
Recycled content
and reuse targets.

This is for you if

  • Your company exports to the EU or sells to European clients
  • You use packaging at any level — primary, secondary or tertiary
  • You're a sustainability director, compliance manager or supply chain lead
  • You need to know exactly what to do, in what order, before August 2026
  • You've been putting this off because it felt too complex to start
  • You want editable documents your team can execute — not another overview

If you're still asking whether PPWR applies to your business — that question is already the answer.

Built by an engineer,
not a consultant.

PhD in Materials, Chemical and Environmental Engineering. Years of practice in LCA, ESG, supply chain compliance and EU regulatory frameworks. The same methodology used in enterprise-level demos with large EU exporters.

My approach is different: changing a process before it pollutes is more powerful than cleaning up after. That principle applies directly to compliance — structure the data correctly once, and every future regulation builds on the same foundation.

PhD Eng. — Materials, Chemical & Environmental
LCA · ESG · Circular Economy · Biomaterials
PPWR · EUDR · PFAS · EU AI Act
Founder, Smart Cycle · Barcelona · smartcycle.tech

One price. Everything included.

Instant download after purchase. No subscription. No hidden extras.

97
One-time payment · Instant access · All documents included
  • PPWR Clarity Map — full roadmap (PDF, 11 pages)
  • Working Companion — 4 interactive tabs with auto-scoring (Excel)
  • Bonus 1: Declaration of Conformity Template (Word, editable)
  • Bonus 1: Technical Documentation Template (Word, editable)
  • Bonus 2: AI Compliance Agent Guide — no coding required (PDF) €267
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August 2026 is closer than it looks.

Most companies realise they have a problem when it's already too late to fix it cleanly. Don't start from zero in July.

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