Ecoembes — household packaging in Spain
Ecoembes publishes 25 rate rows for household packaging in Spain for 2026; its base rate for Paper and cardboard is 0.115 EUR/kg. Last verified 2026-09-16
What this scheme is
Ecoembes — Approved not-for-profit collective EPR scheme (SCRAP) for household packaging (light packaging, paper and cardboard), authorised under Royal Decree 1055/2022; glass is covered by Ecovidrio.
Declaration basis: EUR per kg by official material category. Official site: ecoembesempresas.com ↗. Official rates page: ecoembesempresas.com ↗.
What it covers, and where the rows are on this site
| Stream | Year | Rows | Full schedule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Household packaging | 2025 | 25 | /spain/2025/ |
| Household packaging | 2026 | 25 | /spain/2026/ |
| Household packaging | 2027 | 25 | /spain/2027/ |
Only years with a page on this site are listed. A year this library holds but does not publish free of charge is not shown here and no figure from it appears on this page.
Representative rates
One row per material category — the same rows the cross-country comparison table uses. The complete schedule, with every category, band, bonus and malus, stays on the country rate page linked above each block.
| Material category | Official code | Rate as published | Source | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper and cardboard Paper and cardboard — Non-SUP packaging | 0.115 EUR/kg | ecoembesempresas.com ↗ official | 2026-09-16 | |
| Beverage cartons Cardboard for food and drink (carton packaging) — Non-SUP packaging | 0.533 EUR/kg | ecoembesempresas.com ↗ official | 2026-09-16 | |
| Steel Steel — Other packaging | 0.197 EUR/kg | ecoembesempresas.com ↗ official | 2026-09-16 | |
| Aluminium Aluminium — Other packaging | 0.04 EUR/kg | ecoembesempresas.com ↗ official | 2026-09-16 | |
| PET bottles (clear) PET — Beverage bottles ≤ 3L SUP (excl. dairy and vegetable drinks) | 0.271 EUR/kg | ecoembesempresas.com ↗ official | 2026-09-16 | |
| Rigid plastic Other rigid plastics — Rigid body | 0.748 EUR/kg | ecoembesempresas.com ↗ official | 2026-09-16 | |
| Flexible plastic Plastic and flexible film — Flexible | 1.243 EUR/kg | ecoembesempresas.com ↗ official | 2026-09-16 | |
| Wood Wood and cork | 0.03 EUR/kg | ecoembesempresas.com ↗ official | 2026-09-16 | |
| Other materials Other materials (those not included in any specific group) | 1.243 EUR/kg | ecoembesempresas.com ↗ official | 2026-09-16 |
What it costs before the first kilogram
This scheme is the one the rule library names for this country:
We could not obtain an official registration fee for Spain at a source we could read logged out on 2026-09-04. Not obtained means we did not find one, not that there is none — ask the authority before you budget. For Ecoembes — the source this site holds Spain rates from — we found no published minimum annual or membership fee at a page we could read logged out on 2026-09-04. Not obtained means we did not find one, not that there is none. A third fixed cost is an authorised representative, where one is required. For Spain this library records: Settled — a representative is required; the representative question above has the detail. The price of a representative is commercial, quoted per provider, and no official source publishes it, so this library holds no figure for it. None of the above is the per-kilogram fee: that one is on the rate page and in the calculator.
- Registration fee: read 2026-09-04 · no source we could read
- Scheme minimum: read 2026-09-04 · no source we could read
Other schemes recorded for this country
Household packaging: Ecovidrio
Schemes recorded in this library for the same country and stream. This is what the library holds, not a complete register of every authorised operator.
Where to go next
Provenance
Sources behind the rate rows
- https://ecoembesempresas.com/app/uploads/2025/06/Ecoembes_Precios2026.pdf
read 2026-09-16 · official · sha256 d4221cef2f36
This scheme's own pages — Addresses as recorded in this library's scheme entry. The read date behind every figure on this page is on the source that figure came from.
- https://ecoembesempresas.com
- https://ecoembesempresas.com/app/uploads/2025/06/Ecoembes_Precios2026.pdf
How to cite
EPR Rates (2026). Ecoembes — household packaging in Spain. https://eprrates.com/schemes/ecoembes/ · Retrieved 2026-09-17. CC BY 4.0.
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title = {Ecoembes — household packaging in Spain},
author = {{EPR Rates}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://eprrates.com/schemes/ecoembes/},
note = {Retrieved 2026-09-17. CC BY 4.0}
}
Rate figures are extracted from the official publications listed under Sources; those source documents remain under their publishers' terms.