Producer Responsibility for Consumer Electronic Equipment

Do you supply electrical equipment that can be used in households? Then you are subject to producer responsibility for consumer electronic equipment.

Under producer responsibility for consumer electronic equipment, you are responsible for ensuring that your products are collected and recycled appropriately when they become waste. In practice, this is done by joining El-Kretsen, a nationally approved producer responsibility organisation. In addition to collection and recycling, producer responsibility includes requirements for labeling, providing information to end users, and submitting annual statistics to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket).

What Qualifies as Consumer Electronic Equipment?

Consumer electronic equipment refers to electrical products typically used in private households. It is the product’s function that determines whether it qualifies as consumer or other electronic equipment – not where it is used. For example, laptops and televisions are always considered consumer electronic equipment, even if used in an office setting.

Products that can be used in both home and other environments are classified as consumer electronic equipment. In addition to computers and televisions, this includes mobile phones, microwave ovens, coffee machines, and power drills. Electrical equipment not typically found in private households is considered other electrical equipment.

El-Kretsen Helps You Meet Your Producer Obligations

Fulfilling your producer responsibility involves several important steps. By joining El-Kretsen, you receive support throughout the entire process – from documentation and reporting to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket), to the collection and recycling of electrical waste. As a producer, this means less hassle and greater peace of mind.

How El-Kretsen’s Collection System Works

When you join El-Kretsen, you become part of a nationwide collection system that covers all of Sweden. El-Kretsen collaborates with all 290 municipalities, about 15 transporters, and roughly 30 recycling facilities. All to ensure electrical waste is handled in an environmentally sound and efficient manner.

You declare your sold volumes through our Declaration Portal, while El-Kretsen takes care of the collection of your end-of-life products and batteries. El-Kretsen helps you fulfill your legal obligations by managing your annual reporting to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket), free of charge if you have signed a Reporting Agreement.

Easily Declare through the Declaration Portal

As a customer, you get access to El-Kretsen’s Declaration Portal. Where you can: 

• Declare your sold volumes monthly or quarterly 
• Access product classification guidance 
• Download certificates, agreements, and statistics

What Does It Cost?

El-Kretsen’s fees include annual agreement fees and environmental fees for products and batteries, divided into various product codes. The fees reflect the actual costs of collection and recycling.

Read more about fees and costs here.

Join El-Kretsen

Do you want help fulfilling your producer responsibility for consumer electronic equipment? We will guide you through the entire process.