An EPR for Construction Products and Materials that is too general for concrete manufacturers

Since its entry into force in 2023, the EPR for Construction Products and Materials (Produits et Matériaux de Construction du Bâtiment - PMCB) requires all those placing construction materials on the market to finance the management of waste from their products.

However, the Fédération de l’industrie du béton (FIB), the Fédération nationale des industries du recyclage (Federec Béton), and the Union nationale des producteurs de granulats (UNPG) believe that the current system does not meet the realities on the ground for inert materials such as concrete, aggregates, or massive mineral materials.

In their view, the current EPR was designed on the basis of a model inspired by light waste sorted at waste collection centers (plaster, wood, plastics...), but unsuited to the volumes, logistics and technical constraints of the concrete Scheme.

A reform proposal: two separate EPRs

The representatives of concret Scheme make a clear proposal:

Create a second EPR Scheme specifically dedicated to inert materials, with its own Producer Representative Organisations, its own tariffs, and an adapted governance.

Objective:

• Ensure better traceability of inert bulk flows;
  
  
• Avoid cross-subsidization between inert and non-inert products;
  
  
• Address the significant logistical challenges of concrete: transport, platforms, on-site reuse, etc.
  
  

An evaluation report on the PMCB EPR is to be submitted to the government in the fall of 2025. The concrete Scheme intends to assert its position, with the support of several local authorities facing the increasing costs of managing this waste.

What this means for those placing products on the market

For manufacturers, distributors, and importers of construction products, this reform proposal is a signal that should not be ignored:

• The EPR framework could be redefined by 2026, with differentiated obligations depending on the types of materials;
  
  
• Approved Producer Representative Organisations could change or become more specialized by product type;
  
  
• Material traceability will become a key factor: each company will have to know how to categorize its products precisely, particularly to justify affiliation with the correct Scheme.
  
  

In a context of regulatory revision, those placing products on the market must already anticipate possible scenarios and structure their product data.

CompliancR: A partner for managing your EPR compliance, even in a changing environment

At CompliancR, we support manufacturers, VSEs, and construction stakeholders to:

• Automatically identify products falling under the PMCB EPR;
  
  
• Determine their categorization (inert, non-inert, multi-material);
  
  
• Manage declarations for each approved Scheme;
  
  
• Monitor upcoming regulatory changes, including the potential split of the PMCB EPR.
  
  

Our AI platform is designed to adapt to regulatory transformations, and allows you to control your obligations, rates and declared volumes, Scheme by Scheme.

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