23/08/2026
Like almost every other small business I'll be pausing all EU-shipping indefinitely.
"The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations.
Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible.
This system does not protect small businesses — it destroys them. "
