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How to assess household and non-household packaging if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Sign in or create an account for your organisation to report packaging data. This means it can comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
Extended producer responsibility scheme deferred for a year until October 2025
If you need to submit your organisation details under extended producer responsibility for packaging these CSV templates will help you to structure your data correctly.
Requirements for solid wood packaging used to import or export goods
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
If you have manufactured or imported 10 or more tonnes of plastic packaging in the last 12 months, you may need to register for the tax.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
How to package medicines for sale and what information you must provide to consumers and healthcare professionals.
Check if you can make a declaration by conduct or orally if you’re claiming Returned Goods Relief or Temporary Admission for reusable packaging.
How to structure your packaging data submission. It includes information about the different types of data you need to submit and the codes you need to use.
Find out which plastic packaging components are exempt or excluded from the tax, and if the packaging counts towards the 10-tonne threshold for registration.
How to apply for PCS approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply under the approval.
A guide to documenting how you’ve collected your packaging data, known as your ‘methodology’. Online marketplaces affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging must submit a methodology.
A collection of guidance you should follow for Plastic Packaging Tax.
If you need to submit packaging data under extended producer responsibility for packaging, this spreadsheet can help you generate a valid packaging data file
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