From 12 August 2026, the first provisions of the PPWR will be activated – and will therefore be operationally relevant for many companies. For an overview of the latest guidance documents published by the European Commission, the FAQs, and key national developments, please refer to our article “PPWR Blog: Guidance, FAQs and National Requirements”. This is not about a complete strategic realignment of the packaging portfolio, but about rapidly establishing the most important foundations. The goal: you should be capable of action when the PPWR launches, and prepared to answer questions from customers and authorities.
What You Can Expect
BP Consultants supports your company in rapidly establishing the necessary PPWR structures and processes. The focus is on:
- Clarifying the relevant company roles under the PPWR
- Capturing and categorising the packaging used
- Establishing a robust supplier query
- Preparing the technical documentation
- Preparing and creating the declaration of conformity
- Developing professional customer communication
- Building a documented process with clear responsibilities
The offer is aimed in particular at companies that use, fill, pass on or place packaging on the market under their own brand and now need to quickly establish PPWR-compliant foundations.
Who the Offer is Suited For
The offer is particularly suitable for companies that
- need to become PPWR-ready at short notice,
- have not yet established a complete PPWR project structure,
- need to be able to provide reliable answers to customer queries about the PPWR,
- want to obtain supplier information in a structured manner,
- need to quickly establish a basis for technical documentation and declaration of conformity,
- wish to pragmatically define internal responsibilities and processes, and/or
- initially need a focused start before a comprehensive PPWR roadmap is established.
Your Concrete Results
At the end of the late-starter project, you will have a workable PPWR basic structure. This includes
- a prioritised project plan,
- an initial packaging overview,
- role clarification,
- supplier query,
- DoC template,
- customer communication,
- risk assessment logic, and
- a process manual approach.
This puts the company in a position to address the most important requirements in a structured manner, answer customer queries professionally and plan the next implementation steps in a controlled way.
What BP Consultants Specifically Delivers
1. PPWR Start Setup and Project Planning
At the outset, a compact timetable is created. The central work packages, responsibilities and milestones are defined therein. The aim is a workable project setup that utilises the company’s existing structures and quickly moves into implementation.
2. Role Clarification under the PPWR
Many companies have several roles simultaneously under the PPWR, for example as producer, manufacturer, importer, supplier or distributor. We support you in determining these roles for the relevant supply chains.
Role clarification is crucial because it determines which obligations the company must fulfil itself and which information needs to be obtained from suppliers, customers or other actors.
3. Capturing Packaging Types
The structured capture of all relevant packaging is a fundamental prerequisite. Depending on the business model, this includes sales packaging, grouped packaging, transport packaging and service packaging, but also packaging components.
For this step, BP Consultants provides a pragmatic structure through which packaging formats, materials, purposes of use and responsibilities are systematically captured. In the interest of efficient clustering, we take into account that many packaging types are used multiple times or in similar forms.
4. Supplier Management and Information Request
Reliable information from the supply chain is required for PPWR compliance. BP Consultants develops a template for the supplier query for this purpose. Information requested includes in particular:
- Material data
- Purpose of use
- Packaging weight and dimensions
- Heavy metal limit values
- PFAS limit values for food contact
- Recyclate content (if required for communication)
- Recyclability (if required for communication)
- Reusable or single-use status
- Technical specifications and existing evidence
Important: We also support you in evaluating the first responses, so that you can quickly identify which suppliers are providing sufficient information and where follow-up is needed. A risk-based assessment of supplier information is particularly important for food packaging with potential PFAS relevance. We explain the PPWR requirements, as well as when laboratory testing is appropriate, in our article “PFAS in the PPWR – A Risk-Based Approach to Compliance”.
5. Template for the Declaration of Conformity
A key component of the offer is the development of a template for creating a PPWR declaration of conformity. The template is based on the requirements of the PPWR and can be used as a basis for subsequent documentation. It includes, among other things,
- a unique identification of the packaging,
- details of the responsible company,
- a description of the packaging,
- references to relevant legal acts and specifications,
- the basis for the technical assessment, and
- additional information and signature.
As a result, companies receive a structured template to create the evidence required in the future not under pressure and in an ad hoc manner, but in a comprehensible and repeatable way.
6. Professional Customer Communication
Many companies are already receiving customer queries about their PPWR preparation status. We provide you with a standard response that can be used at short notice and adapted to your specific company.
Through your customer communication, you make clear that your company is actively pursuing the PPWR, has launched a structured implementation programme and is preparing the necessary organisational and technical measures.
As part of our late-starter package, we put you in a position to respond professionally, even if not all detailed requirements have yet been fully implemented.
7. Risk Assessment and Supplier Classification
We support you in risk-based supplier assessment, so that your company can categorise suppliers and packaging according to the likelihood and impact of possible non-conformities.
Depending on the risk level, specific measures can then be derived – for example, with regard to monitoring, requesting additional documents, corrective actions, escalation to Legal or QA, or blocking new sources of supply until sufficient evidence has been provided.
8. Process Manual and Responsibilities
To ensure that PPWR compliance works not just once, but on an ongoing basis, BP Consultants supports you in developing a process manual. The process manual describes in particular:
- Goods receipt and review of delivery documentation
- Handling of material specifications and technical documentation
- Internal compliance assessment
- Designation of a PPWR compliance officer
- Supplier risk assessment
- Retention obligations
- Final conformity check at goods dispatch
- Upstream and downstream traceability
- Provision of DoC numbers (Declaration of Conformity) and supplier declarations to customers
This creates a documented, auditable process that clearly regulates responsibilities, data flows and evidence management.
The BP Consultants Value Proposition
At BP Consultants, we combine regulatory expertise, packaging know-how and pragmatic implementation experience. The late-starter package is deliberately designed for speed and deliverability. It does not create a theoretical full analysis, but rather the necessary structures, templates and decision-making foundations for a robust PPWR start.
