🇸🇰 Slovakia: PPWR Packaging EPR and Deposit Return
How Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) applies in Slovakia: the national extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme, small-producer thresholds, eco-modulation, and deposit return system status. PPWR is directly applicable in Slovakia from August 12, 2026.
EPR scheme
NATUR-PACK / ENVI-PAK.
Small-producer threshold
To confirm with national authority.
Eco-modulation
PPWR eco-modulation applying from Aug 2026.
Deposit return system
DRS Active
€0.15
PET bottles and aluminum cans.
Correct (Slovak DRS operator)
2022
Watch points
DRS operational since 2022. PPWR direct application Aug 2026.