Any producer and or agent of tobacco product filters containing plastic and/or filters containing plastic marketed for use in combination with tobacco products in the Republic of Ireland (ROI), is required to contribute to the cost of the collection, transport, disposal and treatment of tobacco filters containing plastic that are placed on the Irish market and disposed of in public spaces.
Producers must also contribute to the costs of running and maintaining measures that raise awareness that cigarette filters contain plastic and as such must be disposed of properly.
A producer is defined as “any natural or legal person established in a Member State that professionally manufactures, fills, sells or imports, irrespective of the selling technique used, including by means of distance contracts as defined in point (7) of Article 2 of Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (21), and places on the market of that Member State single-use plastic products, filled single-use plastic products or fishing gear containing plastic”.
The TPPFG is an extended producer responsibility (EPR) Scheme that has been set up to provide compliance with the Irish transposition of EU Directive 2019/904, commonly referred to as the “Single Use Plastics Directive”.
Membership of the TPPFG is reserved for businesses that meet the definition of a producer of tobacco product filters containing plastic and/or plastic filters marketed for use in combination with tobacco products within the Republic of Ireland.
The application for membership of the TPPFG may be found here. This form may be printed and then posted to TPPFG, 5 Pembroke Row, Dublin D02FW61 or emailed to info@tppfg.ie.
