Landbell Group

Landbell Group was founded in Germany in 1995 as a packaging compliance scheme, and has battled against monopolies to open up the recycling market for fair competition. Over three decades the company has grown from a national packaging operator to a global platform acquiring and building specialist subsidiaries in chemical compliance, digital solutions and take-back logistics. Today the group supports over 35,000 companies across the globe — a scale few EPR operators can match.

2014 was a pivotal year. European Recycling Platform, founded in 2002 by Hewlett-Packard, Electrolux, Sony and Procter & Gamble, joined the Landbell family, combining two organisations with the same competitive, producer-first approach. That merger created what is now one of the largest global networks of EPR experts, with active operations in 18 countries and deep regulatory knowledge in many others.

Landbell Group ERP provides compliance services for waste electronics (WEEE), batteries and packaging in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and South America. The scope is intentionally broad because modern producers are global themselves. A manufacturer that sells goods in twelve markets can’t manage twelve separate compliance relationships without considerable overhead — and that overhead is exactly what ERP eliminates.

The service model is built on three pillars. First, producer responsibility organisations (PROs) work directly in 13 European and Middle Eastern countries, assuming legal responsibilities so producers never have to face them alone. Second, international quotation and consolidated membership agreements allow companies to subscribe to multiple markets through a single process. Third, a dedicated online data submission system digitizes the manual reporting process into streamlined workflows feeding directly into the Landbell Group portal, where customers can track submissions, update volume data and access compliance records in real time.

Resources on the Landbell Group site include the COMPASS newsletter, country reports in-depth, webinars and the Knowledge Database (KDB) — a subscription-based platform analysing EPR legislation for WEEE, batteries, packaging and single-use plastics. Users receive timely news, analysis at the jurisdiction level and summaries of legal texts that would take internal legal teams weeks to compile on their own.

Compliance managers particularly value the At-a-Glance and In-Depth reports. Each At-a-Glance version summarizes key obligations for a selected country and waste stream on a single page. In-Depth reports delve into the fine print — applicable legislation, registration steps and fee structures — in a truly readable format. Senior sustainability professionals at Canon and other multinationals have publicly praised these documentation tools for saving considerable time when entering new markets.

The organization employs over 450 staff from 30+ nationalities. Jobs within the Landbell Group range from regulatory consulting to data science, software engineering, client management, legal affairs and operations — a broad spectrum that reflects the increasingly multi-disciplinary nature of environmental compliance. Vacancies are published in the careers section of the main website under the “Work with us” menu.

The group is formed around the culture of being a “community of circular economy experts trying to do business differently.” Those looking for a career in sustainability law or EPR consulting will have a truly international environment with project teams sometimes covering five or more countries. The Green Alley Award programme, developed by the group to support circular-economy start-ups, is a sign of a wider commitment to innovation that attracts ambitious talent.

Existing members as well as prospective customers can reach the global compliance team through a variety of channels. The main channel is the ‘Speak to our experts’ form on the main website which directs enquiries to the relevant country or service team. The Landbell Group phone number for the Mainz headquarters is available in the imprint on the website and on the country-team pages. The group runs PROs in 13 countries and the best way to make first contact is to approach the relevant national office for the fastest response.

The Landbell Group portal is the communication hub for members’ self-service. The portal is used by customers to manage registrations, submit volume data, retrieve compliance certificates and access legislative update alerts. Partners who require assistance with multi-country accounts are typically assigned a dedicated account manager who acts as a single point of contact across all active jurisdictions.

One of the group’s defining contributions is its move from spreadsheet-based EPR compliance to integrated software. The digital access system is one single interface for data on WEEE, batteries and packaging regardless of where a producer operates. Automated validation before submission helps identify discrepancies, which can reduce the chance of reporting errors and thus regulatory penalties.

In October 2025, the group went a step further with the start of a strategic partnership with PackIntelX, an all-in-one packaging compliance platform. The combined offering means producers can now manage the entire ERP compliance lifecycle — from initial market registration, to ongoing volume reporting to end-of-year reconciliation — in one connected ecosystem.

The numbers don’t lie. ERP has allowed Landbell Group to collect more than 8 million tonnes of packaging waste, over 4 million tonnes of electronic waste and over 135,000 tonnes of portable batteries. These are real environmental results — materials taken away from landfill and put back to productive use in manufacturing supply chains around the world.

Landbell Group ERP is a partner with the geographic reach, technical depth and digital infrastructure to make compliance truly manageable for any producer navigating EPR obligations across multiple markets. Landbell Group jobs, EPR knowledge tools and full compliance services are all available at landbell-group.com.