The best Dutch EPR software in 2026

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is the rule that makes producers pay for the packaging, electronics and other goods they sell, and report each one to the right authority.

The Netherlands hands you something no other large European market does. Your first 50,000 kilograms of packaging are levy-free, and you still have to weigh every one of them.

This guide ranks the best Dutch EPR software for producers selling into the country. Repax is our top pick, and we name what each rival genuinely wins.

How EPR works in the Netherlands

Dutch producer responsibility runs through a handful of national bodies, and for most streams you do not get to pick between them. Here is what each one wants from you, and how a single product record can feed all of it.

Packaging goes through Verpact

Packaging is the duty almost every seller triggers, and in the Netherlands it runs through a single organisation.

That organisation is Verpact, the body that used to be called Afvalfonds Verpakkingen. You register with them, report the weight and material of the packaging you put on the Dutch market, and pay the waste management contribution.

That contribution is priced per kilogram, with a different rate for each material. Your declaration for a calendar year is due before 1 April of the year after.

It catches foreign sellers too. Run a company in another country and sell online to Dutch consumers, and the same duty is yours.

Everything electrical goes through Stichting OPEN

Sell anything electrical, anything with a battery in it, a lamp or a solar panel, and packaging is not your only job.

All of those run through Stichting OPEN, and joining is not a choice you get to make. The government declared the waste management contribution agreement generally binding, which means every producer of electrical and electronic equipment has to be a member.

That is not a temporary arrangement either. The current declaration was granted from 2 January 2026 and runs for five years.

You never sign up to the Nationaal (W)EEE Register yourself. Registering with Stichting OPEN puts you in it, and you cannot register directly without an exemption.

From there you report each year what you put on the Dutch market, whether that is electronics or batteries, through their own portal. It is the same shape of duty as electronics compliance elsewhere in Europe, with the difference that here the scheme is chosen for you.

Textiles have their own register and their own deadline

Since 1 July 2023, clothing and household textiles have carried their own producer responsibility in the Netherlands, one of the earliest textile EPR schemes in Europe.

Here you deal with a different body again. You register with Rijkswaterstaat and report the textiles you sold the previous year before 1 August.

There are hard numbers attached. By 2025 half of what is collected has to be prepared for reuse or recycling and a quarter recycled fibre to fibre, rising to 75% and 33% by 2030. From 2026 you report your performance against those targets, not just your tonnage.

You also have to let customers hand old textiles back free of charge, all year round.

Single-use plastics and deposit packaging are counted apart

Two packaging categories sit outside the ordinary weight-based system, and both catch people out.

Single-use plastic packaging is declared by the number of units in each category rather than by weight alone, and producers pay towards the cost of clearing single-use plastic litter out of public space.

The surcharge shoppers have paid on disposable cups and food containers since July 2023 ends on 1 January 2027. The reporting duty behind it does not end, and reusable alternatives stay mandatory.

Deposit packaging is its own category as well. Plastic bottles have carried a deposit since 1 July 2021 and cans since 1 April 2023.

And PPWR arrives on top of all of it

One more layer lands for everybody selling packaged goods in Europe.

From 12 August 2026 the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) applies directly, the Netherlands included. It brings the EU Declaration of Conformity (DoC), a signed statement backed by a technical file saying your packaging meets the rules.

So a tool built for the Netherlands now has two jobs. Handle the Dutch bodies, and be ready for the Declaration of Conformity, which is its own PPWR workstream on top of your national reporting.

Your first 50 tonnes of packaging are levy-free

The Dutch threshold is the most misread thing about selling packaged goods into the Netherlands, so it is worth getting exactly right. Three things decide what it is worth to you.

The threshold works as a reduction not an on-off switch

You owe the packaging contribution on what you put on the Dutch market above 50,000 kilograms, or 50 tonnes, in a calendar year. Its official name is the levy-free threshold, and levy here simply means the fee.

Verpact does not start invoicing at kilogram 50,001, though. It subtracts a reduction worth 50,000 kilograms multiplied by the fee for the material in question.

Your material mix decides what the reduction is worth

Use several materials and the reduction is split across them by weight share. A pack made mostly of paper and one made mostly of plastic therefore do not use up the same slice of your threshold, because the fee per kilogram differs by material.

Two categories get no threshold at all

Both of these are charged from the first kilogram and stay outside the 50,000 kilogram calculation, which is still the case for 2026:

1. Single-use plastic packaging.
2. Deposit packaging, meaning the bottles and cans that carry a deposit.

None of which makes the threshold a reason to skip the counting. You cannot prove you are under it, or work out what it saves you, without per-material weights for everything you ship. That is the real problem the tools below are solving.

Software you run or a service that files for you

Before the ranking, one split matters more in the Netherlands than any feature list does.

Two of the six do the filing for you. Staxxer registers you and submits on your behalf, and Sphera wraps consultants around its software for large enterprises. You hand the work over and get your time back.

The other four hand you the data and the finished reports, and you press send. Repax, ForSURE, ecosistant and Recyda all sit on that side, each strong on something different, whether that is a data layer you own, a free Dutch reporting template, per-country pricing or packaging recyclability.

Neither model is better in the abstract. It comes down to whether you want to own the workflow or be rid of it, and every entry below says which side it is on.

What we looked for in Dutch EPR software

The enterprise names sell on breadth. A producer selling into the Netherlands cares about five plainer things, and those are what we ranked on.

The best Dutch EPR software ranked

We ranked the six by overall fit for a producer placing goods on the Dutch market.

What moved a tool up the list was covering the streams you actually trigger, producing clean weight-by-material data, knowing the Dutch deadlines, coming ready for the Declaration of Conformity, and still working when you add your next market.

Each entry covers what the tool is, who it fits, and the one thing to watch before you commit.

1. Repax for owning the data behind every Dutch duty

Repax treats Dutch EPR as a data problem rather than a paperwork problem.

You specify each product once, its materials, its component weights and its packaging class, and Repax turns that into whatever each Dutch body asks for.

In practice that means packaging weights by material for the Verpact declaration, put-on-market figures for the electronics and battery reporting that runs through Stichting OPEN, tonnage for the Rijkswaterstaat textile report, and the EU Declaration of Conformity for PPWR.

It is also our own product, so we lead with it, though we are straight about where each rival wins below. The single data layer is why it sits first. It does not need replacing when you add a stream, a market or a new rule.

The levy-free threshold is a good illustration of why the data layer matters. Working out whether you are under 50,000 kilograms, and what the reduction is worth across your material mix, is arithmetic on per-material weights you either have or you do not.

Two of the three Repax products are live today, with a third on the way.

1. Core is the product-data and reporting engine behind every stream and market.
2. Declare produces the signed EU Declaration of Conformity for packaging, covering PPWR Annex VIII.
3. Comply will register and file with the authorities and schemes for you. It is not released yet, and there is a waitlist for 2026.

• Best for: producers selling packaged goods, electronics, batteries or textiles into the Netherlands who want to own their compliance data in one place and be ready for the Declaration of Conformity.
• What it does for your Dutch duties: produces the weight-by-material data behind the Verpact declaration and the levy-free threshold, the put-on-market figures for electronics and batteries, and the tonnage for the textile report, then produces the EU DoC from the same records through Declare.
• Markets and streams: the EU27 including the Netherlands, each with its own register and format; packaging, batteries, electronics and textiles.
• Pricing: a free tier at €0 a month, paid plans from €29 a month, enterprise on request (as of August 2026).
• Watch-out: Repax gives you the data, the reports and the DoC, but it does not register you with Verpact, join Stichting OPEN for you, file your textile report to Rijkswaterstaat, or submit your declaration. That filing product, Comply, is on the way for 2026. It also covers the four main streams rather than every niche Dutch one, so tyres, graphic paper, furniture and end-of-life vehicles stay outside it.

2. Staxxer for cross-border sellers who owe Dutch VAT as well

Staxxer is the Dutch entry on this list, and it is built for the seller shipping into the country from abroad.

Their pitch is that EPR is only half of your problem and Dutch VAT is the other half, so they bundle both. They arrange the registrations and submit the filings on your behalf, which makes this a service rather than software you operate.

For a marketplace seller that framing is the point. They connect to Amazon, Shopify and Bol.com, and Bol.com is the Dutch marketplace of the three.

Their pricing is unusually plain for a done-for-you service. Dutch packaging EPR is listed at 199 euros to register plus 299 euros a year, alongside the same structure for eight other EU countries.

Marketplaces enforce this themselves now, which is part of why a done-for-you service appeals. Amazon has required a valid battery EPR registration number since 18 August 2025, and deactivates offers in the Netherlands without one.

• Best for: cross-border and marketplace sellers into the Netherlands who want Dutch VAT and EPR handled by the same provider.
• What it does for your Dutch duties: registers you and files your Dutch packaging EPR as a done-for-you service, with electronics and batteries covered the same way, and Dutch VAT registration and returns alongside it.
• Markets and streams: EPR priced for nine EU countries including the Netherlands; packaging, electronics and batteries, with VAT as the larger half of the product.
• Pricing: public. Dutch packaging EPR at 199 euros to register plus 299 euros a year, with VAT priced separately (as of August 2026).
• Watch-out: you hand the workflow over rather than own it, so your product data stays wherever it lives today. Their own site names packaging, electronics and batteries, so textiles are not part of the offer, and EPR sits beside a VAT-first product rather than at the centre of it.

3. ForSURE for a free Dutch reporting template to start from

ForSURE is worth knowing about for one specific reason. Their free plan is not a time-limited trial, and it ships a Dutch reporting template.

Templates come for three countries, and the Netherlands is one of them, alongside Belgium and Germany. There is a real limit on who qualifies, namely an annual gross revenue under €500,000, but inside that limit it costs nothing.

Their coverage is broader than the price suggests. They handle electronics, batteries, packaging including single-use plastics, and textiles, which lines up unusually well with the way Dutch duties are actually split.

The catch is what happens when you outgrow the free tier. Paid plans exist but are not publicly priced, so you find out what scaling costs by asking.

• Best for: smaller sellers and newcomers under €500,000 of revenue who want a Dutch reporting template without paying for software first.
• What it does for your Dutch duties: gives you a Dutch reporting template plus analytics on your own compliance data, across the streams the Dutch system splits between Verpact, Stichting OPEN and Rijkswaterstaat.
• Markets and streams: EU-wide, with free-plan templates for the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany; electronics, batteries, packaging including single-use plastics, and textiles.
• Pricing: free plan for annual gross revenue under €500,000. Paid plans are quoted rather than published (as of August 2026).
• Watch-out: the free tier's country list is short, so a wider European footprint moves you onto an unpriced paid plan. It is a reporting and analytics tool, so it does not produce a self-serve EU Declaration of Conformity.

4. ecosistant for many streams across many European markets

ecosistant is the value pick once your market list gets long and your volumes stay modest.

They cover up to around 30 European countries and more streams than most tools at this size, including packaging under PPWR, electronics, batteries, textiles and furniture. They publish plain-language guides per country, including one on Dutch textile EPR.

Pricing starts at €24.90 per country, which is hard to beat if you have picked up duties in eight markets and none of them are large.

They pair self-service software with an optional account manager, so you can start on your own and buy help later. That makes it a friendly on-ramp for a growing webshop rather than a platform you build a process on.

• Best for: smaller sellers with several streams and several European markets who want the cheapest credible per-country price.
• What it does for your Dutch duties: answers a questionnaire-led setup for the Netherlands and prices it per country, covering the packaging, electronics, battery and textile duties from one account.
• Markets and streams: up to around 30 European countries; packaging, electronics, batteries, textiles and furniture.
• Pricing: public, from €24.90 per country (as of August 2026).
• Watch-out: it is aimed at direct-to-consumer webshops, and the deeper help arrives as a premium service upsell rather than in the base price.

5. Recyda for packaging recyclability and the Declaration of Conformity

Recyda is the sharpest tool here if your Dutch problem is the packaging itself rather than the filing.

They assess your packaging against the recyclability standards the industry actually uses, including the ZSVR minimum standard and EN 18120, and they calculate and report EPR fees across more than 20 countries.

They also handle the PPWR side properly, managing the Declaration of Conformity and the technical documentation the regulation now demands.

Their case studies point at large brands assessing hundreds of products at a time, which tells you where the product is aimed. This is a packaging specialist for teams with a real packaging portfolio.

• Best for: producers whose main Dutch question is packaging design, recyclability and PPWR readiness rather than which register to file with.
• What it does for your Dutch duties: assesses your packaging against recyclability standards, calculates and reports EPR fees across its country list, and produces the PPWR Declaration of Conformity and technical file.
• Markets and streams: more than 20 countries, EU-led; packaging only.
• Pricing: demo-led, no public price (as of August 2026).
• Watch-out: it is packaging-only, so your electronics, battery and textile duties stay with you, and it leans enterprise with pricing by quote.

6. Sphera for large enterprises that want it handled

Sphera runs one of the oldest names in product compliance and the widest raw coverage on this list.

They say they span more than 360 compliance schemes worldwide, the Netherlands among them, and they sell that reach as a managed service with consultants who work out your obligations and set up the registrations.

That is both the draw and the trade-off. It is built for large enterprises handing the whole thing over, not for a team that wants to run Dutch compliance itself.

• Best for: large enterprises that want a consultant-led service covering the Netherlands and many other markets at once.
• What it does for your Dutch duties: identifies which Dutch obligations apply to you, sets up the registrations, and runs the reporting from a central platform as a managed service.
• Markets and streams: global, 360-plus schemes including the Netherlands; packaging, electronics and batteries.
• Pricing: sales-led, no public price (as of August 2026).
• Watch-out: enterprise and consultant-led with no published price, so it is more than most Dutch producers need, and it is less pointed on the newest packaging rules than the specialists.

The tools we left off and why

A credible list has to say what it excluded.

AlgoREP is a strong tool but a French one, built around France's own schemes. Lizenzero takes care of packaging registrations across Europe, but it does not carry your electronics, battery or textile duties under that brand.

Valpak, Ecosurety and Ecoveritas are all UK-first packaging specialists. That is a different market with a different rulebook, so none of them earns a place on a Dutch list.

How the six tools compare side by side

Here are the six in one view, grouped by whether you run the tool or hand the work over. Prices are as of August 2026.

Frequently asked questions about Dutch EPR software

Short answers to what producers selling into the Netherlands ask most.

What is the best Dutch EPR software?

Repax, for a producer that wants to own its Dutch compliance data, and our pick on the wider EPR software list too. One product record covers the streams most producers trigger, which in the Netherlands means packaging through Verpact and electronics, batteries and lamps through Stichting OPEN.

From that record it produces the weight-by-material figures the Verpact declaration needs and the EU Declaration of Conformity through Declare.

If you would rather hand the filing over, Staxxer is the Dutch option and covers VAT at the same time. If your problem is packaging recyclability, Recyda is sharper.

Do I pay nothing if I stay under 50 tonnes of packaging?

Broadly yes, but the mechanics matter. The 50,000 kilogram levy-free threshold is applied as a reduction against what you owe, calculated as 50,000 kilograms multiplied by the fee for the material.

Where you use several materials, the reduction is split across them by weight share, so what it is worth depends on your mix.

Single-use plastic packaging and deposit packaging get no threshold at all and are charged from the first kilogram. You still need per-material weights to show where you stand.

Who do I register with for Dutch EPR?

It depends on the stream, and there are three answers. Packaging goes to Verpact, which you register with directly, including if your company sits outside the Netherlands and sells online to Dutch consumers.

Electronics, batteries, lamps and solar panels go through Stichting OPEN, and membership is compulsory because the waste management contribution agreement was declared generally binding. Joining puts you in the Nationaal (W)EEE Register automatically.

Textiles go to Rijkswaterstaat, which you register with within six weeks of the duty applying.

When are the Dutch EPR deadlines?

Three bodies means three rhythms. The packaging declaration for a calendar year is due before 1 April of the following year.

The textile report on what you sold the previous year is due before 1 August, and from 2026 it also reports your performance against the reuse and recycling targets.

Electronics and battery put-on-market data is reported annually through Stichting OPEN's own portal.

Does Dutch EPR cover more than packaging?

Yes, and more than most people expect. Electronics, batteries, lamps and solar panels all run through Stichting OPEN, textiles have had their own scheme since 1 July 2023, and single-use plastics are counted separately by unit.

The Netherlands also runs producer responsibility for tyres, graphic paper, furniture, construction materials, fishing gear and end-of-life vehicles.

Sell across several of those and you have several registrations and several annual reports, which is why a tool covering more than packaging saves real work.

Is there free or cheap Dutch EPR software?

Yes, on both counts. Repax has a free tier at €0 a month with paid plans from €29 a month, and ForSURE's free plan includes a Dutch reporting template for companies under €500,000 of annual gross revenue.

ecosistant prices per country from €24.90. Recyda and Sphera are sales-led and price by quote.

Any software fee is separate from the Verpact contribution and the scheme fees you pay on what you put on the market.

What changes for Dutch packaging in 2026 and 2027?

Two things, on different dates. PPWR applies directly in the Netherlands from 12 August 2026 and brings the EU Declaration of Conformity, a signed statement backed by a technical file.

Then on 1 January 2027 the mandatory surcharge shoppers pay on disposable plastic cups and food containers ends. The reporting duty behind single-use plastics stays, and reusable alternatives remain mandatory.

Can Repax handle EPR across the Netherlands and other markets?

Repax Core structures your product data, produces the packaging weights by material that Verpact wants and the put-on-market figures the electronics and battery reporting needs, then answers other EU markets from the same records. Declare produces the EU Declaration of Conformity.

You run both yourself today. Repax does not register you with Verpact, join Stichting OPEN on your behalf, or submit your declarations for you.

That filing product, Repax Comply, is on the way for 2026.