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Packaging EPR pack for small producers (UK)

Sell packaged goods in the UK? Your 2026 packaging data is due 1 April 2027.

Extended producer responsibility for packaging: if you supply or import more than 25 tonnes of packaging a year and your turnover is £1 million or more, you are an obligated producer. Small producers renew their registration and report their packaging data every year by 1 April. The report covers the whole calendar year - the time to start tracking is now.

Run the obligation check See the pack

Free check: are you an obligated producer?

Two questions from the GOV.UK EPR guidance. Nothing you pick leaves this page.

Answer both to see where you stand.

Sources: GOV.UK, who is affected; GOV.UK, deadlines.

What small producers must do

DutyWhen
Register for EPR for packaging (Report packaging data service) and pay the registration feeOnce, then renewed yearly
Renew registrationBy 1 April every year
Report packaging data for the previous calendar yearBy 1 April every year - 2026 data due 1 April 2027
Keep packaging data recordsAll year - the report is a sum, so track as you go

Group rules: a holding company checks turnover and tonnage across its UK companies. Turnover for 2026 data comes from the last accounts available before 7 April 2026.

The Packaging EPR Pack for small producers

  • Obligation checker: the tonnage x turnover table worked through, including the group rules.
  • Packaging tracker (Excel): log packaging by material and weight as you buy or import it - boxes, mailers, void fill, wrap - so April is a sum, not an archaeology dig.
  • The 1 April routine: what to close in January-February, prepare in March, submit by 1 April.
  • The traps: imported goods' packaging counts; turnover date rule; crossing the thresholds mid-year.

What it is not: templates and worksheets, not legal advice. Reporting happens in the government's Report packaging data service; that and the GOV.UK guidance are the final word. Over 50 tonnes AND over £2 million turnover? You are a large producer - different regime, not this pack.

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Questions

We are a small online shop. 25 tonnes is a lot. Do not guess from parcel counts: total your actual packaging weights for the year - every box, mailer, void fill, tape and label you supply or import. The tracker in this pack turns that into a running sum, so you can see whether you will cross the line.

We only import packaged goods. Still counts - the packaging around imported goods is in scope.

Is this advice? No. It is a worksheet pack built from the GOV.UK EPR guidance. Your environmental regulator and the Report packaging data service are authoritative.