ERP in Europe

About us

ERP (European Recycling Platform) is the only pan-European collective system operating in the management of household and business WEEE, Batteries and Accumulators waste and, more recently, packaging. Established in 2002 by Braun-Gillette, Electrolux, HP and Sony, ERP counts, as of today, approximately 1,300 members and has collected and treated over 725,000 tonnes of WEEE. 

Our offices

ERP directly operates in 11 countries, guaranteeing to producers all benefits offered by a multinational and multi-chain management.

Leader system in Europe, ERP is client-oriented and it is capable of supplying to local and European producers top quality, transparent and competitive services on the market of WEEE, Batteries and Accumulators waste and packaging.

Our mission

• Providing full compliance with the WEEE directive and the Batteries and Accumulators directive to the companies members thereto;

• Establishing a competitive dynamic on the market of WEEE and Batteries and Accumulators waste for the total benefit of producers and consumers;

• Favouring employment of environmental top level practice;

• Offering competitive cost-efficiency on the market;

• Providing full traceability along the chain, from collection to reuse up to disposal;

• Promoting constant improvement of technologies and processes;

• Regularly implementing market surveys in order to guarantee more competitive prices at all times.

Our commitment

Our mission is complying with the producers’ long-term development policies, as well as contributing proactively to their “environmental responsibility”.

Proposing an innovating and optimized response, ERP is furthermore the only collective system capable of providing a comprehensive and simple offer, enabling you to comply with all obligations in all European countries.

Some figures

With more than 1400 companies, over 750,000 tonnes of WEEE managed to date, a consolidated management network and its presence in 11 European countries, ERP is recognised as key actor on the whole European market, directly involved in Brussels.