Recyda EPR Reporting and Recyclability Assessment Platform

Recyda GmbH is a packaging compliance software company based in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, led by co-founders and managing directors Christian Knobloch, Anna Zießow and Vivian Loftin. It addresses the growing burden on consumer goods companies of collecting packaging data and reporting it under different extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes, recyclability standards and the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).

The SaaS platform centralises packaging data, pulls it from ERP and PLM systems through an API, runs a gap analysis and guides users through data enrichment. It assesses recyclability for single packs or whole portfolios against standards such as the German ZSVR minimum standard and EN 18120, calculates EPR fees under country-specific rules for more than 20 countries, and exports declarations in the format each country or producer responsibility organisation requires. It also produces PPWR declarations of conformity and technical documentation. Customers are brand owners and packaging-intensive manufacturers such as Beiersdorf.

• Packaging data management: central repository with API import from ERP and PLM and gap analysis.
• Recyclability assessment: single pack or portfolio checks against ZSVR minimum standard and EN 18120.
• EPR fee calculation: country-specific rules for more than 20 countries maintained by the vendor.
• Declaration export: reports formatted for each country or producer responsibility organisation.
• PPWR compliance: declarations of conformity and technical documentation for PPWR articles.
• Dashboards and forecasting: obligations by material, country and SKU with future fee scenarios.

Vietnamese food, beverage and cosmetics exporters to the EU can prepare PPWR declarations of conformity and recyclability assessments for their packaging. Multinational FMCG companies in Vietnam can manage packaging data centrally across markets. Packaging manufacturers can test design changes for recyclability before quoting to brand customers.

Companies stop maintaining separate spreadsheets for each country and avoid over- or under-reporting EPR obligations. Recyclability assessments take minutes instead of weeks, according to the company, which helps packaging teams redesign before launch. Case studies on the site cite EUR 2.1 million in optimisation potential in the Netherlands and EUR 1.6 million in savings in Spain through eco-modulation and fixing data issues. An audit trail lets users trace data sources and review calculations.

EPR for packaging is spreading worldwide, and the EU PPWR adds recyclability and documentation requirements for every pack sold in Europe. Vietnam has its own EPR regime with mandatory recycling rates, so consumer goods groups and exporters that sell in both Vietnam and Europe need structured packaging data that can serve several regulations at once.

Recyda GmbH is registered in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (HRB 721564, Amtsgericht Freiburg), with managing directors Anna Zießow, Christian Knobloch and Vivian Loftin. Its about page lists 29 team members, and the company says more than 1 million packaging units have been processed on its platform. Beiersdorf is a published case study.