Guidance

EPR for packaging: how local authority payments are calculated

Find out the methodology and procedure used to calculate payments to local authorities for 2025 to 2026.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 20 December 2024
• Last updated: 26 July 2025 — See all updates

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Methodology and procedure for calculating 2025 to 2026 payments

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Y fethodoleg a’r weithdrefn ar gyfer cyfrifo taliadau Cyfrifoldeb Estynedig Cynhyrchwyr dros becynwaith ar gyfer 2025 i 2026

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Annex A: Summary of data inputs

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Annex B: Local authority groupings (updated 14 July 2025)

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Annex C: LAPCAP alignment of WRAP's bulk density figures with Defra's material categories

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Annex D: Summary of requirements for a standard model in the regulations

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Annex E: Sampled LA cost data - data collection

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Glossary of Terms

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Calculating LA payments: worked examples

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Enghreifftiau Ymarferol LAPCAP

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Local Authority payment values: England

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Local Authority payment values: Scotland

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Local Authority payment values: Wales

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Local authority payment values: Northern Ireland

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Cyfanswm Taliadau Awdurdodau Lleol

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Details

This guidance explains how payments to local authorities (LAs) under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging have been calculated for 2025 to 2026.

This guidance should be read with the notice of assessment letter provided to LAs in June 2025.

Published 20 December 2024

Last updated 26 July 2025 + show all updates

1. 26 July 2025

   Adding anticipated payment values for local authorities

2. 14 July 2025

   Annex B updated to show correct local authority groupings.

3. 10 July 2025

   Guidance and annexes have been updated to show the methodology and data used to calculate local authority payments for 2025 to 2026.

4. 20 December 2024

   First published.