Cyprus
Cyprus keeps producer responsibility compact and centrally licensed. Cypriot EPR compliance means joining a collective system the Department of Environment licenses, and registering with the Department for electronics and batteries, across six streams with producer duties, with fishing gear on the books but not yet running.
The Department of Environment is the constant. It licenses and supervises every collective system, so compliance is a short list of approved schemes rather than a sprawl of registers.
What carries EPR in Cyprus
Six streams carry producer duties: packaging, electronics, batteries, tyres, single-use plastics (tobacco filters) and household pharmaceuticals. Packaging has run since 2002, electronics and batteries follow the EU directives, single-use plastics registration opened in 2022, and household pharmaceuticals have had their own regulation since 2023.
Packaging, electronics, batteries and tyres each have a licensed collective system, such as Green Dot Cyprus for packaging, and household pharmaceuticals run through MediCycle. You join an approved scheme or run an approved individual system. For single-use plastics, tobacco filter producers register with the Department and join CPC Rethink Filters.
Two streams sit outside that count. Plastic fishing gear is transposed in law but has no operational scheme yet, and end-of-life vehicles put only information and design duties on producers, with no register or scheme to join.
Registering with the Department of Environment
Electronics and battery producers register with the Department of Environment, which also licenses the collective systems and supervises compliance. Packaging has no Department register: joining Green Dot Cyprus is the whole entry.
There is no separate government portal per stream. The Department approves every scheme and keeps its registers by form, sent by post or email and renewed every March.
Who has to comply
Producers and first importers are in scope. If you only supply a Cypriot importer, the importer carries the duty. Foreign distance sellers selling direct to Cypriot end users are producers themselves. Green Dot Cyprus signs them up directly, the WEEE regulations register them through a representative in Cyprus, and the EU Battery Regulation makes a representative mandatory. Since 12 August 2026 the EU packaging regulation requires one for packaging too.
Compliance means joining a licensed collective producer responsibility organisation, or running an approved individual system in its place.
What changes next
What is scheduled next:
- 12 August 2026: the EU packaging regulation PPWR applies directly in Cyprus.
- Around April 2028: a textile and footwear scheme must be operating under the revised EU waste directive.
Fishing gear is transposed in law but has no operational scheme yet, and the rules for it are still being prepared. The EU deadline to set one up (end of 2024) has already passed, so treat it as overdue rather than upcoming.
Frequently asked questions about EPR in Cyprus
The common questions, answered.
What is EPR in Cyprus?
Producer responsibility across six streams, met through the collective systems the Department of Environment licenses and supervises, with Department registers for electronics and batteries.
What is the Cypriot EPR register?
The Department of Environment keeps the producer registers for electronics and batteries. Packaging has no state register: you join Green Dot Cyprus.
How do I comply in Cyprus?
For packaging, electronics, batteries and tyres, join a licensed collective system such as Green Dot Cyprus, or run an approved individual system. Household pharmaceuticals run through MediCycle, and tobacco filter producers register with the Department and join CPC Rethink Filters.
Does Cyprus have fishing-gear EPR?
It is transposed in law but not yet operational, with no approved scheme confirmed, so treat it as coming rather than running.
Does Cyprus have textile EPR yet?
Not yet. A scheme is required by around April 2028 under the revised EU waste directive.