PPWR Toolby Signum Data · Desktop & web edition
Packaging Compliance Assessmentv1.1
PPWR Tool assesses your packaging against the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Describe each item by its material components and the rules engine checks it against the obligations that can be verified from structured data — returning a status, the article, the deadline and a concrete recommendation for every finding.
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0–100 readiness score
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Key features
From packaging data to a defensible compliance picture
A self-contained tool that keeps your register, scores your readiness and produces the documents you need to file — documented by a built-in Help tab that carries the full user manual.
Packaging register
Store each packaging item broken down into its material components, with a live compliance assessment shown right alongside it.
PPWR rules engine
Twelve obligation areas checked against the Official Journal text — each finding carries a status, the article, the deadline and a recommendation.
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Readiness scoring
A 0–100 score rolls findings up per item and across the whole portfolio, so the biggest gaps rise to the top.
Portfolio dashboard
Portfolio readiness, items with failures or warnings, open issues by area, and the next regulatory milestone — all on one screen.
Compliance calendar
Every PPWR application date from 2026 to 2040, flagged where the Regulation makes a milestone conditional on a delegated or implementing act still to be adopted.
Exports that file
Generate the documents you actually submit and share.
EU Declaration of Conformity — PDF (Annex VIII model)
Compliance assessment report — PDF
Packaging register — Excel / CSV
What it checks
The obligations, encoded
The rules engine is data-driven and maps directly to the Regulation's core requirements, article by article.
Art. 5 · Annex IISubstancesHeavy metals ≤ 100 mg/kg; food-contact PFAS at 25 ppb / 250 ppb / 50 ppm.
Art. 6 · Annex IIRecyclabilityDesign-for-recycling grades A–C, the 2030 floor, the 2038 grade-B floor and recycling at scale.
Article 7Recycled content2030 and 2040 minimum targets, with the Article 7 exemptions.
Article 9Compostable formatsInfusion bags, coffee pods, fruit stickers and very light carrier bags.
Article 10MinimisationWeight and volume reduced to functional necessity, evidenced in the technical file.
Article 12LabellingHarmonised material and sorting labels; the reusable-packaging label and data carrier.
Article 24Empty spaceThe 50% cap on grouped, transport and e-commerce packaging.
Art. 25 · Annex VRestricted formatsThe single-use packaging formats banned from 2030.
Art. 11 · 29ReuseReuse systems and the 2030 reuse targets by format.
Art. 38–39 · Annex VII–VIIIConformityTechnical documentation and the EU Declaration of Conformity.
Art. 44 · 45Producer register & EPRRegistration per market and eco-modulated fees.
Article 50Deposit & returnBeverage containers up to 3 litres in national deposit systems.
12 Aug 2026Regulation applies · substances · conformity · producer registration
12 Aug 2028Harmonised labelling · compostable formats
1 Jan 2030Recyclability floor · recycled content · 50% empty space · Annex V bans · reuse targets
2035 → 2040Recycling at scale · grade C barred in 2038 · higher recycled content in 2040
Several of these dates apply on the date shown or a set period after the relevant delegated or implementing act enters into force, whichever is later. The compliance calendar marks which ones, so a milestone that can still move is never mistaken for a fixed one.
Applications
Where PPWR Tool fits
Anyone who places packaging on the EU market and needs to know where it stands.
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Gap analysis
Screen an existing packaging portfolio against PPWR to see, item by item, what already passes and what needs work before each deadline.
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Design decisions
Test material and format choices as you develop packaging, so recyclability, recycled content and minimisation are designed in from the start.
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Documentation
Produce the Declaration of Conformity and assessment reports, and keep an auditable register, ready for customers and authorities.
Inside the tool
A look at PPWR Tool
The Windows desktop edition, from the register through to the exported declaration and the built-in manual. The web edition runs the same rules engine with the same exports. Click any screenshot to see it full size.
Dashboard — portfolio readiness, open issues by area and the next milestone.
Register — items with their material components and live status.
Assessment — findings per item, each with status, article, deadline and recommendation.
Item editor — components, recyclability, recycled content, labelling and reuse entered per item.
Calendar — every PPWR milestone from 2026 to 2040, conditional dates marked.
DoC PDF — the EU Declaration of Conformity, generated per item.
Export — the packaging register with roll-ups as Excel or CSV.
Help — the built-in user manual, from quick start to how to read a recyclability grade.
Not legal advice. PPWR Tool is a decision-support aid. The thresholds and dates encoded here are taken from Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (OJ L, 2025/40, 22.1.2025); several delegated and implementing acts refine the detail and can move the conditional dates. Always confirm against the Official Journal text before relying on any output.
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