EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY

The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs has produced a guide to assist you in understanding whether your business is obligated under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR),  Obligation Checker.

This interactive tool will help you assess whether you meet the thresholds set out below. 

To understand the obligations under EPR, it is important to differentiate between two distinct sets of obligations.

• The first is the waste cost and recycling obligations, with an obligation to report placed on the market data, meet recycling obligations, and pay disposal costs for Local Authority collected waste.
• The second is the nation of sale obligation, with an obligation to report where packaging is disposed, broken down by nation within the UK. 

They have also published guidance on How to collect your packaging data for EPR and guidance on Packaging waste: prepare for extended producer responsibility. These supplement the Obligation Checker tool and should be used together to further understand EPR requirements.  

You can also view the following recordings on YouTube: 

• A demonstration of the Obligation Checkertool
• A recording of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) – January 2023 requirements

 For further information please visit any of the following useful links

Useful links

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) – January 2023 requirements presentation on YouTube

Demonstration of Obligation Checker

Guidance Packaging waste: prepare for extended producer responsibility

Guidance How to collect your packaging data for EPR

Data Reporting SI The Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2022 (legislation.gov.uk)