The real EPR bottleneck is supplier data

Published 2026-09-15 · Producer Filing

Ask a room of ops leads what stalls their packaging report and you get the same answer: waiting on suppliers.

The fix is boring. A standard data request template, sent once, with a deadline and a default assumption documented when the supplier never replies. Regulators accept documented estimates; they do not accept blanks.

We send and chase those requests as part of the desk, and every assumption lands in the audit trail.