The key ambitions of the home improvement and gardening goods EPR scheme are to:  

• develop the reuse and repair of these goods, in collaboration with social and solidarity economy (SSE) operators in particular;
• develop new collection channels, through the take-back of used products by distributors in particular;
• develop the recycling of home improvement and gardening goods that could be reused;
• reduce the amounts of residual household waste collected by the public waste management service. 

The producers concerned by the home improvement and gardening goods EPR scheme are: “Natural persons or legal entities that, in a professional capacity, either produce in France, or import, or assemble, or introduce for the first time on the national market, home improvement and gardening goods intended to be transferred to the end user either in return for payment or free of charge using any selling technique whatsoever, or to be used directly within French national territory.”  

In the event that home improvement and gardening goods are sold under the sole brand of a reseller, the reseller is considered to be the person or entity putting them on the market.

For further information, see decree no. 2021-1213 of 22 September 2021. 

When a producer joins a producer responsibility organisation (PRO), it pays the organisation an EPR fee in return for the latter taking responsibility for its obligations relating to the products it places on the market.

This amount may be modulated upwards or downwards depending on the environmental characteristics of the products. A bonus rewards virtuous practices, while a penalty is applied to a product with characteristics that have a significant impact on the environment or human health.

Bonuses

Applicable within the home improvement and gardening goods EPR scheme in 2025

Penalty

Applicable within the home improvement and gardening goods EPR scheme in 2025

Producers, to enquire about the conditions you have to meet and the procedures you have to complete to benefit from a bonus, or check whether you are subject to a penalty, please contact your producer responsibility organisation.

Find out more about EPR fee modulation

The specifications for the home improvement and gardening goods scheme set the following targets:  

(1) relative to market placements over the previous year.  
(2) relative to the quantities collected and not reused in the current year. 

• Accreditation of coordination body OCABJ: Order of 21 October 2024
• Accreditation of the Valobat producer responsibility organisation: Order of 21 December 2023
• Amendment of the specifications (to introduce coordination bodies): Order of 23 November 2023
• Data reporting: Order of 12 December 2022
• Accreditation of the Ecomaison producer responsibility organisation: Order of 21 April 2022
• Accreditation of the EcoDDS and Ecologic producer responsibility organisations: Orders of 24 February 2022
• Amendment to the specifications (repair targets): Order of 14 December 2021
• Specifications: Order of 27 October 2021
• Framework for enforcement of obligations: Decree no. 2021-1213 of 22 September 2021  
• Legislation establishing the scheme: Article L541-10-1 of the Environmental Code 

The website Que faire de mes déchets/objets (“What to do with my waste and objects”) is designed to help individuals adopt best practices in terms of repair, reuse and recycling.  
It is based on a simple, intuitive search engine: by entering an object or waste item, users can find out how to dispose of it responsibly.  
An interactive map also shows them where they can find their nearest collection, repair and reuse points.