Extended producer responsibility for packaging
Guidance covering extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging for producers, reprocessors, exporters, compliance schemes, material facilities and other groups.
This collection of guidance is for businesses affected by EPR for packaging.
Separate guidance collections cover:
Producers of packaging waste
Information for organisations that produce packaging waste. Find out if you are affected, how to register and how to report your packaging waste.
Fees and recycling obligations
Recyclability assessment methodology
Use the 2027 methodology for assessing and reporting recyclability data for the 2027 reporting year (1 January to 31 December 2027).
Use the ‘materials and outputs’ guidance for assessing and reporting recyclability data for the 2026 reporting year (1 January to 31 December 2026). This document includes links to additional RAM information for 2026.
Compliance schemes
Registers and lists
Reprocessors and exporters of packaging waste
Online marketplaces
Updates to this page
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RAM guidance for the 2027 reporting year (1 January to 31 December 2027) added to collection page. Producers should use the 'materials and outputs' document if they are assessing and reporting recyclability data for 2026.
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Removed reference to the older Producer Responsibility Regulations which have now been revised
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Added a new detailed guide called 'Recording and reporting packaging waste: reprocessors and exporters'.
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New guidance has been added on notices of liability from PackUK. This covers what a notice of liability is and what's included within it.
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Added summary log guidance to the reprocessors and exporters section.
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Link added to new guidance collection page for for local authorities who will receive payments under EPR for packaging.
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First published.