Extended producer responsibility for packaging: local authority payments
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How extended producer responsibility for packaging works聽
From 2025, some organisations and businesses will have to pay a fee for the packaging they supply to or import into the UK market. This is called extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.바카라 사이트�
The money will go to local authorities (LAs), as:聽
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waste disposal, waste collection or unitary authorities聽
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statutory waste disposal authorities聽
It will cover net costs of collecting, managing, recycling and disposing of household packaging waste.聽
In the future, LAs will need to sign up to the new local authority payments (LAPs) function of the EPR digital service to receive payments.
Defra and PackUK (the Scheme Administrator) will contact LA chief executives from November 2024 to let them know what actions they need to take.聽
Payments local authorities will receive聽
In the first year (April 2025 to March 2026) LAs will receive a basic payment based on:聽
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publicly available and existing data, including WasteDataFlow information and Office of National Statistics (ONS) data바카라 사이트�
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data about tonnages, operations and unit costs gathered from a representative sample of LAs across the UK聽
From the second year (April 2026 to March 2027) the basic payment and any adjustments will be based on data LAs submit to PackUK.聽
How the basic payment is calculated바카라 사이트�
The basic payment uses a model based on:바카라 사이트�
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certain LA characteristics, such as rurality and deprivation바카라 사이트�바카라 사이트�
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national policies and circumstances바카라 사이트�
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the amount of waste LAs collect and manage바카라 사이트�
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the estimated composition of this waste바카라 사이트�
Timeline of payments and actions local authorities need to take聽聽
The process for receiving payments and signing up for LAPs started in November 2024. 聽
November 2024聽
In November 2024, Defra sent chief executives an email that included an assessment notice. This included:聽
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a cost assessment聽
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an estimate of what the LA바카라 사이트檚 basic payment will be for the first year of the scheme 聽
They also received:聽
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聽guidance about the method used to calculate the payment estimate聽
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聽a schedule, explaining when they will receive payments聽
The assessment notice included a link to a form LAs can use to submit queries and provide feedback. 聽 聽
April 2025 to March 2026聽
In June 2025, chief executives will receive another assessment notice which may include revisions based on feedback and queries from聽LAs.聽
In Year 1 (April 2025 to March 2026),聽LAs聽will receive 3 grant determination letters that will tell them:聽
- how much they바카라 사이트檒l be paid 聽
- when they바카라 사이트檒l receive payments. 聽
These amounts may be different to the assessment notices chief executives receive in November 2024 and June 2025.聽聽
The first payment will be made between October and December 2025 and will cover the first 2 quarters of the financial year. The second and third payments will be made between January and March 2026 and will cover the third and fourth quarter of the financial year. 聽
LAs will receive remittance advice after each payment.聽
April 2026 onwards聽
LAs will receive 4 separate quarterly payments each year from April 2026.바카라 사이트�
After the local authority payments service opens聽
After LAPs opens, Defra will send chief executives an email request to sign up for the service. They바카라 사이트檒l need to give contact details of who will sign up for the service on behalf of the LA 바카라 사이트� this will usually be the heads of finance and waste management.聽
LAs will be able to use the service to 聽
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view the detailed breakdown of their payment estimate聽
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confirm their payment details聽
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receive updates and notifications聽聽
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view assessment notices 聽
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submit data 聽
Data local authorities need to submit聽
If LAs submit waste data through existing services, such as the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) portal and WasteDataFlow, they must continue to do so. Defra will contact LAs directly if they need to submit further data before LAPs opens.바카라 사이트�
Data submissions in future years바카라 사이트�
Details of the data LAs will be able to submit in future years have not been finalised.바카라 사이트�
Defra is analysing data submitted from representative LAs to confirm what data will be needed for all LAs to collect and report in future years.바카라 사이트�바카라 사이트�
LAs will be updated as soon as this is finalised. There바카라 사이트檒l be a window for LAs to collect the data before the submission deadline. The collection windows and submission deadline will be communicated in advance.바카라 사이트�
Although LAs are not required to submit data, doing so will help improve the overall accuracy of the modelled payment calculations. This will help ensure LAs receive more accurate payments.바카라 사이트�
The costs of collecting additional data requested by PackUK will be covered by바카라 사이트�EPR.聽
Contact Defra바카라 사이트�
LAs can contact Defra if they have questions about the scheme.바카라 사이트�
Updates to this page
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Timeline information amended to show when local authorities will receive assessment notices and grant determination letters. Link added to PackUK as the scheme administrator.
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First published.