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Global EPR Information Services – Services: Knowledge Database KDB and Sagis
What we do: our global EPR monitoring services
We offer global content analysing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation through our subscription-based platform for WEEE, batteries, packaging, textiles and single-use plastics (SUP), growing every day.
With timely news, jurisdiction reports, organizational reviews, and legal text analysis, users can navigate evolving regulations with ease.
Our searchable databases, Sagis and the Knowledge Database (KDB), offer real-time access to global compliance requirements, allowing you to track obligations across multiple regions tailored to specific waste streams.
Designed for user-friendliness, our solutions empower teams to design sustainable products, meet environmental goals, and save time and resources in managing EPR compliance.
What are clients saying?
‘’We have recently engaged with the Knowledge Database to better understand regulations in new and emerging markets. It’s a fantastic resource that has saved us considerable time and effort”.
Wamda Saeid Elsirogi, Senior EMEA Sustainability Regulatory Affairs Manager, CANON
| Services | KDB | SAGIS |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive and easy to use regulatory monitoring information | ✔ | |
| Analysed texts-no interpretation needed | ✔ | |
| Chronologically arranged and attractive visualisation and colour coding | ✔ | |
| Links to original laws and texts | ✔ | ✔ |
| Newsletter about regulatory updates | ✔ | ✔ |
| Preset and granular structure-easy to navigate | ✔ | |
| Additional waste streams (textiles, fishing gear) | ✔ | |
| Drafted, published and enforced legislation | ✔ |
Unlock the Future of EPR Compliance with Sagis and the KDB!
One compliance challenge, two solutions-both designed with your needs in mind.
Sagis offers guidance with its comprehensive, colour-coded explanatory analysis connecting the dots of regulatory obligations.
The KDB provides detailed insights, summarizing the regulatory requirements in a fixed and harmonized field structure.
Choose the solution that aligns with your business, or benefit from both for complete coverage!
Regions covered:
- Europe
- Asia Pacific
- Middle East and Africa
- North America
- Latin America and the Caribbean
What is EPR and why is it important?
Extended Producer Responsibility emerged as a concept in the mid-eighties and was first implemented in Germany from 1991 (for packaging), as a response to the growing problem of excessive packaging waste.
Today we see EPR for multiple waste streams such as waste batteries, waste electronics and textiles.
As an environmental policy approach to tackling the issue, it holds producers accountable for the entire lifecycle of their products. Under EPR regulations, manufacturers, importers, and sellers are required to take responsibility for the collection, recycling, and safe disposal of their products once they reach the end of their useful life.
This framework encourages producers to design products that are more sustainable, recyclable, or reusable, ultimately reducing environmental impact.
Typically producers comply collectively e.g. contracting a Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO).