Welcome to the PPWR module
The PPWR module of Polygon One helps you make your packaging conform to the Packaging Regulation — Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) and to evidence that conformity. The regulation is directly applicable law in all Member States; the general date of application is 12 August 2026. From that date, packaging must, among other things, meet the substance restrictions of Art. 5 (heavy metals summing to ≤ 100 mg/kg, PFAS limits for food-contact packaging), pass a Module A conformity assessment (self-assessment, no notified body), have technical documentation per Annex VII, and be accompanied by an EU Declaration of Conformity per Annex VIII.Polygon One does not perform a conformity assessment on your behalf and does not issue a legal verdict. The platform captures the required data in a structured way, shows what is still missing, and generates the documents from it — responsibility for issuing and for the content stays with the respective economic operator.
Why the data lives with the suppliers
The data that matters for Art. 5 — material composition, heavy-metal values, PFAS evidence, recycled content — relates to the individual components of a packaging. Usually the operator placing the packaging on the market does not hold this data; the material or packaging supplier does. That is why collecting data from suppliers is a core part of the process: you capture the structure of your packaging (packaging units and components) and request the missing evidence specifically from the responsible suppliers. The completeness of this component data determines when a packaging unit is ready for its Declaration of Conformity.The conformity process
The flow in Polygon One follows four stages — from building the master data to the finished Declaration of Conformity:Stage 1: Master data
Create your articles, packaging units and components and link them into a bill of materials. The packaging unit is the subject of the Declaration of Conformity.
Build master data
The data model: articles → packaging units → components.
Stage 2: Roles & obligations
Determine your economic-operator role per packaging unit (manufacturer, importer, distributor …). The role decides which obligations apply and who issues the Declaration of Conformity.
Roles & obligations
Which role triggers which PPWR obligations.
Stage 3: Data collection
Capture the component data and request missing evidence from your suppliers. Uploaded documents are analyzed by AI and values are proposed.
Data collection
Request from suppliers, gather evidence, review AI proposals.
Switching between EUDR and PPWR
If your company uses both the EUDR and the PPWR module, a module switcher appears at the top of the sidebar. Use it to switch between EUDR (deforestation) and PPWR (packaging); after switching you land directly in the cockpit of the chosen module. The switcher is only shown when more than one module is enabled for your company.
| Area | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Articles | The shared article master data (the same entity as the EUDR module). |
| Components | Reusable packaging components and their material / sustainability data. |
| Packaging units | The packaging units and their bill of materials — the subject of the Declaration of Conformity. |
| Suppliers | The collection cockpit: which suppliers have delivered data and what is still missing. |
| Documents | Read-only view of all collected evidence. |
| EPR registration | Guided preparation of the EPR registration per Member State. |
| Volume reporting | Volume capture and validated XML export for the LUCID volume report. |
What is not yet included
So you can interpret the results correctly:- Recyclability grade: the regulation defines grades A/B/C; the assessment methodology, however, only arrives via delegated acts (expected 2028). Polygon One only stores a declared grade (A, B, C or “non-recyclable”) — there is no automatic assessment.
- Recycled content: the minimum quotas under Art. 7 only apply from 2030. The app captures the values and shows an informational target hint, but no verdict.
- EPR registration: there is no government API. Registration happens in the respective government portal (in Germany: LUCID/ZSVR). Polygon One guides you through the process, prepares data, tracks the status, and exports the XML file for the volume report.
Continue to the PPWR cockpit
Progress, next steps and the compliance funnel at a glance.