We Help You Take Responsibility

As a producer of electrical equipment or batteries, your responsibility extends beyond the store shelf. This is called producer responsibility – and El-Kretsen is here to make it easier for you.

Producer responsibility is one of society’s most important tools for achieving a circular economy. El-Kretsen’s vision is to achieve a truly circular economy. We work strategically over the long term as well as in daily operations to ensure that all resources from electrical products and batteries are recycled and reused. Since 2001, El-Kretsen has helped companies become part of this cycle.

Making It Easy to Take Responsibility

El-Kretsen is Sweden’s largest producer responsibility organization for electrical equipment and batteries. By joining El-Kretsen, you become part of a nationally approved collection system for consumer electronics. The system is approved by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket), is available throughout Sweden in cooperation with all municipalities, and is complemented by in-store collection.

As a member producer you receive:

• Access to a nationally approved collection system for electronics and batteries
• Clear statistics and reporting to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
• Environmental data – a valuable resource for your sustainability work
• The option to refer your customers to El-Kretsen’s nationwide collection system – both via municipalities and retailers
• Information materials that you can use and share

How to Know if You Are a Producer

You are considered a producer if you:

• Manufacture or have electrical products or batteries manufactured under your own name
• Import electrical products or batteries into Sweden
• As a foreign company, sell electrical equipment directly to end users in Sweden
• Sell electrical equipment remotely to users in other EU countries

Foreign companies can fulfil their producer responsibility in Sweden through El-Kretsen but must appoint a legal representative – an Authorised Representative. Read more here.

You are not considered a producer if you are only a reseller or distributor in Sweden and do not import the products yourself.

Test – Does Your Business Have Producer Responsibility?

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