Emballageretur

Name

Emballageretur

Legal name

Emballageretur

Website

https://emballageretur.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Taastrup

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Membership contributions: Environmental-graduated membership fees based on packaging environmental profile. Organizations with easier-to-recycle packaging pay lower contributions, while harder-to-handle packaging costs more. Non-profit model where funds stay within the scheme.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Emballageretur is a Danish non-profit collective scheme that helps companies comply with packaging producer responsibility regulations. Through its Returportalen digital platform, members submit packaging data, categorize packaging types, calculate environmental graduation contributions, and complete statutory reporting. The organization coordinates collection, sorting, and treatment of packaging waste via agreements with municipalities and treatment facilities, and operates as part of the Retur family covering packaging, electronics, batteries, fishing gear, and textiles under a single membership fee.

Product overview

Emballageretur is a single-purpose service dedicated to managing packaging producer responsibility in Denmark. It operates through the Returportalen platform where member companies submit packaging data, categorize materials, and complete required reporting. The service is part of the Retur family of collective schemes, which also covers electronics (Elretur), batteries (Batteriretur), fishing gear (Fiskeriretur), and textiles (Tekstilretur). Member companies can consolidate multiple producer responsibilities under the same setup, system, and membership fee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emballageretur packaging producer responsibility service Membership-based compliance service for Danish businesses with packaging producer responsibility. Covers data reporting, packaging categorization, environmental graduation calculations, collection and treatment coordination with municipalities, and statutory reporting to authorities. Target users are producers, importers, own-brand sellers, and distance sellers placing packaging on the Danish market.
• Returportalen digital compliance platform Digital member portal where Emballageretur members submit packaging data, categorize materials, work with environmental graduation, and complete mandatory reporting. Functions as the operational interface for the membership.
• Retur multi-scheme umbrella membership Consolidated compliance offering allowing members to combine multiple producer responsibility schemes (packaging, electronics, batteries, fishing gear, textiles) under one system, one contact point, and one annual membership fee of 1,500 DKK regardless of the number of schemes joined.

Quantifiable outcome

• Single annual membership of 1,500 DKK regardless of number of ordninger/schemes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Nordic PRO SolutionscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerInternational network partnership providing coverage across Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland). Enables member companies to receive guidance on producer responsibility requirements in other Nordic markets through a single contact point.
• PronexacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerEuropean network partnership providing guidance on producer responsibility regulations across the rest of Europe outside the Nordic region. Complements Nordic PRO Solutions to offer comprehensive international coverage.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Grüner Punkt / Duales System Deutschland: Germany's flagship packaging dual system, operating the nationwide collection, sorting, and recycling infrastructure for sales packaging. Comparable as the most established packaging PRO in Europe, though operating at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Interseroh: One of Germany's leading packaging compliance service providers, offering PRO services, recycling certificates, and consulting. Comparable in business model — fee-based compliance services for obligated producers across multiple packaging categories.
• Elretur: Sister scheme under the Retur family covering electronics (WEEE) producer responsibility for Danish companies. Operates the same membership model and is explicitly bundled with Emballageretur's packaging scheme.
• Dansk Retursystem: Denmark's Producer Responsibility Organization for beverage packaging (cans and bottles), operating the national deposit-return scheme. Directly comparable to Emballageretur as a Danish collective scheme managing packaging compliance and reverse logistics.
• Eco-systèmes: French Producer Responsibility Organization for household electrical and electronic equipment, batteries, and lighting. Comparable in operating model as a fee-based collective scheme, though focused on electronic waste streams rather than packaging.
• RIGK: German Producer Responsibility Organization providing compliance services for industrial and commercial packaging, plastics, and agricultural films. Directly comparable as a packaging-focused PRO offering member-based compliance.

Regional players

• REPA: Sweden's Producer Responsibility Organization for packaging, providing compliance services and managing producer fees. Comparable as a Nordic peer delivering packaging producer responsibility services.
• Valipac: Belgian Producer Responsibility Organization for industrial and commercial packaging, offering compliance services for obligated businesses. Comparable in function as a fee-based PRO, though focused on the Belgian market.
• Fost Plus: Belgian Producer Responsibility Organization for household packaging, managing collection, sorting, and recycling of PMC packaging waste. Comparable as a national packaging PRO with a different geographic focus.
• Meld Miljø: Norway's primary producer responsibility and environmental reporting portal, facilitating compliance reporting for packaging, electronics, and other waste streams. Comparable in function (digital PRO compliance) but serves the Norwegian market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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