Extended producer responsibility for packaging: check the public registers
Find packaging producers, compliance schemes and packaging waste reprocessors and exporters who are subject to extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Register of producers
This register is updated daily.
What this register contains
This register contains a list of packaging producers who have registered with the environmental regulators. Find out more about what ‘producers’ means.
The register will tell you:
- whether they are a large or small producer of packaging
- their producer registration number
- their companies house number
These packaging producers have registered under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024. Throughout this guidance, ‘EPR for packaging’ refers to these regulations.
They have registered for ‘compliance year’ 2026. This means they must meet their obligations under EPR for packaging for 2026.
This data has been submitted by packaging producers. Defra and the environmental regulators are not responsible for inaccuracies.
Groups and subsidiaries
If a packaging producer has registered as part of a group, the register will show details of the parent company or holding company and the subsidiaries it has registered.
Reporting producers that are missing from the register
Producers who are required to register and report their data (‘obligated producers’) should all have registered and have an entry on the register.
If you suspect a business is an obligated producer, and they’re not on the register of producers, please report this to the appropriate regulator.
To report via a 24-hour telephone service, please call 0800 80 70 60 for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland or 0300 065 3000 for Wales.
You can also report anonymously to Crimestoppers.
Some ways to use the register
For some packaging activities, these lists may help you work out who is responsible for reporting data. This can change depending on whether you are supplying packaging to a large producer or not.
You may want to use the lists if you do any of the following activities:
- import filled branded packaging on behalf of a brand owner
- own an online marketplace that allows non-UK organisations to sell empty packaging into the UK
- manufacture or import empty packaging and supply it within the UK
- pack or fill branded packaging
If you’re unsure, check the section on packaging activities in the ‘Packaging data: what to collect’ guidance.
You may also need a record of this information for audits, or questions from the environmental regulator.
Information for previous years
You can view information on producers of packaging in previous years.
Register of compliance schemes
Compliance schemes are third parties that help producers meet the EPR for packaging requirements.
You’ll have to pay a fee to the compliance scheme for their services.
Compliance schemes cannot sign you up to the report packaging data service or pay your disposal fees, but they can
- pay your registration fees on your behalf
- report your packaging data
Each compliance scheme has registered with the environmental regulator for the appropriate nation.
Register of reprocessors and exporters
This register is updated on Thursdays, or when an operator has their registration or accreditation suspended or cancelled.
What this register contains
This register contains a list of the reprocessors and exporters who have registered and become accredited under EPR for packaging. Find out more about registration and accreditation.
You can see information including:
- the type of waste they reprocess or export
- tonnage band
- business address
- registration number
Some ways to use this register
If you’re a reprocessor or exporter, the register may help you:
- show which materials you’re accredited for to those wanting to buy Packaging Recycling Notes (PRNs) and Packaging Export Recycling Notes (PERNs)
- demonstrate your compliance with EPR for packaging
If you want to buy PRNs or PERNs, you can use the register to check that the seller is accredited for the relevant material.
Get help or give feedback
Environment Agency (England)
Email: packagingproducers@environment-agency.gov.uk
Natural Resources Wales
Email: packaging@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Email: producer.responsibility@sepa.org.uk
Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Email: packaging@daera-ni.gov.uk
Updates to this page
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Linked to the 2025 register of producers, which has now been republished.
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Clarifying that the register of producers is now the 2026 register and explaining that the 2025 register will be republished shortly.
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Added a link to the public register of reprocessors and exporters.
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Updated contact email address for the Environment Agency in England.
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The list of large producers has been superseded by the register of producers. This updates the page to link to the new register, along with supporting information.
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Following an update, access to the service has been restored
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Removing link to the PLLP service because one of the lists is inaccurate and being updated.
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First published.