Electronic DPR and EDPR applications and documents - BDO changes from 1 January 2026.
From 1 January 2026, all applications for DPRs and EDPRs must be submitted electronically. The Ministry of Climate and Environment has launched the Confirmation Module, which allows not only the application, but also the electronic issuing of DPRs and EDPRs.
From 2026, DPR and EDPR documents only in electronic form
On 22 December 2025, the website of the Database on Products and Packaging and Waste Management (BDO) was updated with the following information. the launch of the Confirmation Module, which is expected to eliminate the use of paper-based recycling documents. According to the announcement, the DPR module is available to all BDO system users from 1 January 2026.
From the beginning of 2026, therefore, via the Confirmation Module should be drawn up:
- documents confirming the recycling of packaging waste (DPR),
- documents certifying the export of packaging waste or the intra-Community supply of packaging waste for recycling (EDPR),
- applications for these documents.
Paper applications submitted in 2026 and covering a period after 1 January 2026 will not be considered.
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How do I apply for DPR and EDPR in the BDO system?
Below you will find instructions for requesting DPR and EDPR documents:
- Log in to an individual account in the BDO system.
- From the side menu select Confirmations -> Applications, then click on the name of the document you wish to request (DPR, DPR GD, EDPR).
- Once in the window List of applications click on the green button + New application, which you will find in the header section.
- Complete the data in the form online (year, data of the waste holder/entity requesting the DPR/EDPR), data of the addressee of the request, data of the entity for which the document is intended, waste code and information on the NOP associated with the requested document - if applicable).
- If you are submitting a DPR/EDPR document to Interzero, you will in the section Data of the entity for which the document is intended, enter the address data Interzero.
- If necessary, edit the mass of waste from the KPO by selecting Options -> Edit.
- Confirm the application using the yellow button Submit an application.
- Confirm that you wish to send the document by clicking on the green button Submit.
Your application will then appear in the List of applications assigned to the type of document you are requesting (DPR, DPR GD, EDPR) with a status of Submitted. Once the application is approved, you can download the finished document by clicking on the Options -> Download button.
Not everything online - list of documents produced outside BDO
Despite work on the Acknowledgements Module that has been ongoing for several years, not all of the planned functions have yet been made available to users. As a result, some documents still have to be produced in paper form.
As BDO's official website reports from 1 January to 31 December 2026, the following should be prepared on paper:
- documentary evidence of recycling or non-recycling recovery of waste from products,
- applications for documents certifying recycling or non-recycling recovery processes for waste from products,
- certificates for collected waste portable batteries or waste portable accumulators,
- certificates for treated waste batteries or waste accumulators,
- certificates for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) issued by a treatment facility operator,
- WEEE recycling certificates issued by the recycler,
- applications for WEEE recycling certificates,
- certificates confirming non-recycling WEEE recovery processes issued by a non-recycling recovery operator,
- applications for certificates confirming non-recycling WEEE recovery processes issued by a non-recycling recovery operator.
For more information, go to the instructions for the Confirmation Module for:
Source:
- Confirmation module for DPR and EDPR, https://bdo.mos.gov.pl/news/modul-potwierdzen-w-zakresie-dpr-i-edpr/