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.
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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.
Updates to this page
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Adding anticipated payment values for local authorities
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Annex B updated to show correct local authority groupings.
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Guidance and annexes have been updated to show the methodology and data used to calculate local authority payments for 2025 to 2026.
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First published.