Recent Changes To Hungary's EPR System: New Sanctions And A Shift From Environmental Product Fees To EPR

In 2023, Hungary introduced the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system, which places the financial responsibility for the waste management of circular products on producers. The EPR system encompasses a wide range of product streams, including packaging, single-use and other plastic products, electrical and electronic equipment, batteries and accumulators, motor vehicles, tyres, office paper, advertising paper, cooking oil and fat, textile products and wooden furniture. Producers, or in the case of foreign manufacturing, the first domestic distributor of such products, are required to comply with registration, reporting and EPR fee payment obligations.

From dual obligations to sole EPR compliance