Packaging products represent the physical packaging your goods ship with — boxes, polybags, hangtags, carrier bags, and so on. The material, packaging type, and weight you set here are what the packaging report uses to produce your EPR filings, so this data needs to be accurate.
[VIDEO: Walkthrough of creating a packaging product and filling in the EPR fields and weight]
Creating a packaging product
- Go to Products and click Add Product.
- In the Product type section, select Packaging.
- Fill in the product as usual: name, item number, and a sales price. Most packaging products are simple products without variants.
- In the EPR / Packaging section, select the Packaging material and Packaging type. Both are required for packaging products.
- Optionally check Reusable packaging (genbrug / återanvändbar / ombrukbar) and select an Environmental grade (DK / SE traffic light).
- Click Save.
[SCREENSHOT: The Add Product page with Packaging selected as product type and the EPR / Packaging section filled in]
Important: The product type can only be chosen when the product is created. You cannot change a finished product into a packaging product later.
To edit the EPR fields on an existing packaging product, open the product, go to the Master data tab, update the EPR / Packaging section, and click Save settings.
Setting the weight
Every packaging product must have a weight — it is what turns "number of boxes used" into the kilograms your EPR filings are based on. Traede uses the Gross weight of the packaging product (or its variant), and falls back to Net weight if no gross weight is set.
- Open the packaging product and go to Master data.
- Enter the Gross weight and select the Gross weight definition (Gram or Kilogram).
- Click Save settings.
Important: If a packaging product without a weight is used on an invoice, the invoice cannot be booked. The error message names the packaging item, for example: "Cannot book invoice or credit note because packaging variant Brown box M (SKU: BOX-M) is missing weight". Set the weight on the packaging product and book again.
Field reference
| Field | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Packaging material | The material the packaging is made of. See the options below. | Yes |
| Packaging type | The packaging's role: sales, grouped, transport, or service packaging. | Yes |
| Reusable packaging (genbrug / återanvändbar / ombrukbar) | Check if the packaging is reusable. Unchecked means single-use. | No |
| Environmental grade (DK / SE traffic light) | Recyclability grading used by the Danish and Swedish schemes. Only applied for materials those schemes grade. | No |
Packaging material options
- Paper
- Cardboard (Pap / Wellpapp / Papp)
- Composite beverage carton (Mad- og drikkevarekartoner)
- Glass — clear
- Glass — colored
- Plastic — flexible (Fleksibel plast)
- Plastic — rigid (Hård plast)
- Plastic — rigid PET (Hård PET)
- Plastic — foam / EPS (Skumplast)
- Aluminium
- Steel / ferrous metal (Jernholdige metaller)
- Wood
- Textile
- Ceramic
- Porcelain
- Cork
- Other
Packaging type options
| Option | Use for |
|---|---|
| Sales (Salgs / Konsument) | Packaging around a single sold unit, e.g. a shoe box or polybag. |
| Grouped (Multipakke / Gruppförpackning) | Packaging that bundles several sales units together. |
| Transport (Transportemballage) | Packaging used for shipping, e.g. shipping cartons. |
| Service (Serviceemballage, e.g. carrier bags) | Packaging handed out at the point of sale, e.g. carrier bags. |
Environmental grade options
- Green / Grøn — meets recyclability criteria
- Yellow / Gul — partial recyclability (some materials only)
- Red / Rød — not recyclable or not documented (35% DK malus)
Tip: If you sell through a Danish or Swedish company, set the environmental grade on graded materials. The Danish scheme treats packaging without a grade as Red, which carries a 35% fee malus.