Polish EPR, from source to control.

Scope

Who must register in BDO? Marketplace, own webshop and B2B routes

How the placing-on-the-market test applies to Allegro and Amazon sellers, direct webshops, sales to Polish importers and companies that already have a Polish branch.

19 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Marketplaces

What Allegro actually said about 12 August 2026

The blocking date circulating in Polish vendor content was denied by Allegro itself in writing — and what it did say is more useful than the myth.

19 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Multi-stream

WEEE and batteries in Poland, and the one place an authorised representative is real

Electrical equipment and batteries are further sections of the same register entry — with their own duties, their own representation rules and a battery framework still in transition.

19 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Thresholds

The one-tonne threshold: when Polish eco-fees are literally zero

What the de minimis exemption removes, what it never removes, how the tonnage is measured and why one tonne is a cliff rather than an allowance.

19 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Register maintenance

The end-February trap: how an unpaid annual fee deletes you from the register

The smallest payment in the Polish system carries its harshest consequence, and it silently invalidates the number you already gave to the marketplaces.

19 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Regularisation

Regularising a Polish trading history

What is owed for years shipped without a register entry, why voluntary registration is mitigation rather than amnesty, and the order that keeps exposure smallest.

19 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Documents

Where your BDO number legally has to appear, and what e-invoicing changes

Article 63 of the waste act reaches invoices, receipts and contracts, not just marketplace fields — and mandatory structured invoicing makes placement a technical decision.

19 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Costs

Product fee or recovery organisation: what you actually pay in Poland

The statutory rates per kilogram of shortfall, the 2026 recycling levels behind them, and why no Polish recovery organisation will quote you a tariff in public.

19 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Representation

PPWR authorised representative for Poland: what exists and what does not

The EU mandate applies since 12 August 2026, Poland has no packaging representative in national law, and the two must never be sold as one thing.

19 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Comparison

Comparing packaging EPR across markets without copying a conclusion

A source-control method for reading Poland against Spain and Italy, and the reason a registration, a code or an estimate never travels across a border.

19 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Guides

EPR in Poland: a practical guide for foreign sellers

How the BDO register, the nine-digit registry number, the one-tonne threshold and the February-to-March calendar fit together for a company selling into Poland from abroad.

19 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Deposit system

The Polish deposit-return system for beverage sellers

Live since October 2025, marked packaging since January 2026, an operator contract you cannot skip, and a tripled rate if you try.

19 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Registration

BDO registration for a foreign company: the paper route, step by step

The application that cannot be filed online, the certified documents behind it, the 200 or 800 zł fee and the account access almost nobody plans for.

19 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Reporting

The BDO annual report: 15 March, the data behind it and who can file it

One date carries the report, the product fee and the de minimis application — and the filing happens in a system a foreign company cannot log into by itself.

19 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Marketplaces

Amazon EPR for Poland: matching the request to the right evidence

A method for reading an Amazon compliance request for Poland without inventing a deadline, a field name, a fee or a guaranteed outcome.

19 Aug 2026 · 7 min read