Extended Responsibility of Building Craftsmen (EPR Building, waste from PMCB)

Verified 15 May 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Professionals working in the construction sector are concerned by the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) of Building Construction Products and Materials (BCP), as waste holder or possibly as a marketer (if the company manufactures, imports or markets under its trademark building products or materials).

Free pick-up in warehouse

Some eco-organisms propose the free take-up directly in depots or warehouses companies.

It is necessary to ask the eco-organizations for the conditions to benefit from this takeover:

Right to take back free of charge at approved collection points

It is possible to deposit the sorted waste free of charge at the take-up points provided by the EPR Construction line, provided that the sorting guidelines : separate collection of construction and demolition waste by category: wood, mineral fractions, metal, glass, plastic, plaster.

The website of theOrganization Accredited Coordinator for the Building Sector (OCAB) proposes a checkpoint mapping and sorting worksheets :

Mapping of the network of waste collection points

The Fédération Française du Bâtiment (FBB) also has an article on takeover conditions:

Free take-back of site waste: conditions and instructions for sorting

French Building Federation (FFB)

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Please note

The holders of less than 1 ton of waste who deposit them at the collection point do not need to declare this deposit.

When carrying out works (construction, renovation, demolition), site waste are produced. Holders of such waste shall be obliged to:

  • Sort at Source such waste, respecting the regulatory sorting flows : wood, metals, plaster, plastic, glass, mineral fraction, etc.
  • Bring the sorted waste appropriate take-back points (industrial waste facilities, take-back platforms set up by eco-organizations).

For find sort guidelines and checkpoints, the following resources are available:

Please note

The company is not subject to the obligation to separate construction and demolition waste in each of the following cases:

  • He cannot assign, on site, an area of at least 40 m² for the storage of waste.
  • Or the total volume of waste generated over the entire duration of the work, regardless of the waste, is less than 10 m3.

It is not necessary to make a declaration to benefit from this exemption.

However, in order to carry out potential checks, it is essential to retain all the relevant elements justifying the absence of the establishment of sorting at source of construction and demolition waste.

Companies concerned by the EPR

Companies subject to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for the building are those that develop, manufacture, handle, process, sell or import construction products or materials.

Please note

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) companies are sometimes all referred to as "producers".

The scope of the products concerned is defined in a opinion published by the ministry responsible for the environment available on Légifrance:

Opinion on the scope of application of the extended producer responsibility sector for building products and materials

Ministry of the Environment

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Obligations of companies subject to EPR

Companies subject to EPR have the obligation from:

  • Either contribute to a approved eco-body. Companies subject to EPR shall make a financial contribution. This is the option generally favored by companies subject to EPR.
  • Either set up an individual system collection and processing approved. This possibility is more rare and complex.

The approved eco-organizations in the EPR sector for construction products and materials in the building sector are:

In addition to these obligations, companies subject to EPR must:

  • Get a unique identifier (UID) and include it in certain documents
  • Perform a annual declaration, in particular as regards the quantity of products and materials placed on the market
  • Affix some environmental characteristics products and materials.

FYI  

All the information needed to comply with these obligations is given in the plug dedicated to REP streams.