Amazon has issued a new policy, and the extended production responsibility system will take effect next year

Recently, Amazon issued an announcement that it will implement the EPR policy next year . The EPR policy, namely Extended Producer's Responsibility, is an important environmental policy. The policy extends the producer's responsibility to the entire life cycle of its products, especially the recycling and reuse stage after product consumption.

That is to say, from 2020, the recycling of post-consumer waste will be managed through the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system. According to Amazon's new policy, sellers must pay an "ecological contribution fee" to ensure that they fulfill their waste management responsibilities and obligations at the end of their product's service life.

In addition, Amazon emphasized that it will confirm whether the seller meets the requirements of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system in the country/region where the goods are sold . Therefore, Amazon will collect and verify the seller's EPR registration number. If the seller cannot prove to Amazon that it meets the requirements of EPR, Amazon will suspend the seller's non-compliant products published under the EPR product category.

According to policy requirements, sellers are required to provide the following information when registering for the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) : business license, store information, product information, product sales quantity, and a scanned copy of the VAT number.

The specific process of EPR registration is as follows :

1. According to the policy requirements of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system , products are divided into different categories. Amazon sellers need to clarify the product categories for EPR registration and then register with different recycling agencies.

2. Sellers need to calculate the specific recycling volume to be declared. Recycling volume = the number of products sold by the store under the EPR category in that year / weight

3. Provide EPR information and logos to consumers , and sellers need to affix relevant information or marks on the products. There are three common logos: print the trash can logo on the electronic and electrical products and packaging sold, print the recycling registration number on the sales invoice, and mark the French packaging recycling company logo on the packaging box.

4. Submit the registration letter and registration number to the Amazon platform. After the seller receives the registration letter and registration number for each EPR product category, submit it to Amazon backend for review.

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