Who are we

In 1992, the very first Extended Producer Responsibility system in the field of packaging was set up in France. Based on the 'polluter pays' principle, EPR allows the costs of managing the end of life of packaging to be transferred into the price of these packaging even though they were previously supported by the community: this is the internalization of costs.

This new approach has been coupled from the outset with a recycling development policy, with imposed objectives. To best assume their share of responsibility for this system, the players in the paper-cardboard packaging value chain (manufacturers of packaging materials, packaging manufacturers and paper-recyclers) have created Revipac, a stakeholder. major for the end of packaging life