EPR for packaging: what you must do as a 바카라 사이트榮mall producer바카라 사이트�
How small producers register and what they must record, report and pay under the extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging regulations
If your organisation works with packaging, you may need to register with the regulator, pay a fee and report data about the packaging.
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- supplying packaged goods to the UK market under your own brand聽聽聽
- placing goods into packaging聽
- importing products in packaging聽聽聽
- selling empty packaging
- hiring or loaning reusable packaging
- running an online marketplace
Throughout the 바카라 사이트 guidance, all these activities are covered by 바카라 사이트榮upplying packaging바카라 사이트�.
Who this guidance is for
This guidance introduces EPR for packaging to small producers.
Small producers are often called 바카라 사이트榮mall organisations바카라 사이트� in the rest of the EPR for packaging guidance. These terms are used to mean the same thing.
바카라 사이트楽mall producer바카라 사이트� has a specific meaning in EPR for packaging. It is not related to how many people you employ.
What a 바카라 사이트榮mall producer바카라 사이트� is
A 바카라 사이트榩roducer바카라 사이트� is generally a business or other organisation that supplies packaging.
A 바카라 사이트榮mall producer바카라 사이트� is an organisation that either:
- has an annual turnover of more than 拢1 million and up to 拢2 million and supplies more than 25 tonnes of packaging in the UK
- has an annual turnover of more than 拢1 million and supplies more than 25 tonnes and no more than 50 tonnes of packaging in the UK
Businesses over these thresholds are 바카라 사이트榣arge producers바카라 사이트� and they have different rules and reporting requirements. Check the rest of the guidance if you need information for large producers
What information you must collect and report
As a small producer, you must keep records about:
- your 바카라 사이트榩ackaging activities바카라 사이트� - for example selling, filling or importing packaging
- the 바카라 사이트榗lass바카라 사이트� of any packaging - for example, packaging for a single sales unit like a crisp packet or packaging for grouping several sales units, like a box for holding many packets of crisps
- what your waste packaging is made of - the 바카라 사이트榩ackaging material바카라 사이트�
- the weight of each packaging material that you바카라 사이트檙e reporting, in kilograms
Each of the first three has a fixed set of categories and codes that you바카라 사이트檒l use to report. You must understand these before recording and reporting.
Find out about:
바카라 사이트楶ackaging activities바카라 사이트� are complicated. For example, responsibility for a piece of packaging may change depending on whether you sell it to a large producer or another small producer. Check the guidance then contact the helpdesk if you are unsure about what to report.
When you must report this data
You must report this data once a year. The annual deadline is 1 April.
You report about waste packaging that you produced in the previous calendar year.
You바카라 사이트檇 report packaging data for January to December 2025 by April 2026.
There is guidance that gives more detail about reporting dates and deadlines for both large and small producers, and what to do if you miss a reporting deadline.
Who you바카라 사이트檙e reporting to
Each of the 4 nations of the United Kingdom has its own regulator. You바카라 사이트檒l be reporting to and monitored by the regulator for your nation.
The regulators are:
- Environment Agency (England)
- Natural Resources Wales
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency
How to report this data
You must report the data using the report packaging data (RPD) service.
This service may be renamed later in 2025 when it becomes a more general EPR for packaging account.
Only certain people from an organisation can create an account:
- the director or company secretary
- a partner
- a member of a limited liability partnership
Sole traders can create accounts for themselves.
Create an account on the report packaging data service
The environmental regulators will have to approve your account. This will make you an 바카라 사이트榓pproved person바카라 사이트� and it will be your legal responsibility to make sure that the data your organisation submits is as accurate as reasonably possible.
More people can be invited to manage your data once you create an account. They바카라 사이트檒l be 바카라 사이트榙elegates바카라 사이트� and will also have legal responsibilities.
Registering your organisation
Once you바카라 사이트檝e made an account, you must register your organisation with the environmental regulators.
The registration fee is 拢1,216
The fee is 拢631 if you use a compliance scheme. They can register on your behalf.
You바카라 사이트檒l have to upload information about your organisation, This includes things like:
- address
- turnover
- packaging activities
- contact details
- the people who바카라 사이트檒l be verifying and submitting your data
You바카라 사이트檒l upload this as a CSV - a kind of spreadsheet. There is separate guidance explaining exactly what you need to supply, and how to structure the information. There are also templates to help you.
Once you바카라 사이트檝e submitted your organisation details, your packaging data and paid your registration fees, you can submit your registration application.
The regulator cannot consider your registration application until you have provided your packaging data.
Find out more about registering with the regulators, including more details about fees.
Reporting your packaging data
You바카라 사이트檒l use the service to upload and submit another CSV file containing your packaging data.
There is guidance that explains how to structure your data and what codes you must use.
The section in that guidance called 바카라 사이트楽mall organisation packaging - all바카라 사이트� rules is the one that gives the most detail for small producers - follow this.
There is a tool that will generate a packaging data file from the data that you have.
There are also example files that show you what a well-formed CSV looks like, although these illustrate large producer submissions at the moment.
Waste disposal fees and recycling obligations
As a small producer, you do not have to pay waste disposal fees or buy packaging waste recycling notes (commonly called 바카라 사이트�PRNs바카라 사이트�).
Using a compliance scheme
Compliance schemes are third parties that help organisations meet the EPR for packaging requirements.聽聽聽
You바카라 사이트檒l have to pay a fee to the compliance scheme for their services.
Compliance schemes can:聽聽聽
- pay your registration fees on your behalf聽聽聽
- report your packaging data聽聽聽
A compliance scheme cannot register your organisation on the service. 聽聽聽聽
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聽Getting help
If you have any questions, contact your regulator or the EPR for packaging customer service team.
Environment Agency聽
Email: packagingproducers@environment-agency.gov.uk聽
Natural Resources Wales聽
Email: packaging@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk聽
Scottish Environment Protection Agency聽
Email: producer.responsibility@sepa.org.uk聽
Northern Ireland Environment Agency聽
Email: packaging@daera-ni.gov.uk聽
Defra EPR for packaging customer service聽
Telephone: 0300 060 0002聽 Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm聽聽