PackUK to administer Extended Producer Responsibility
PackUK, the scheme to administer Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR), formally launches today (21 January 2025).
The EPR Statutory Instrument came into force on 1 January.
PackUK is hoping to shift the cost of managing household packaging waste from taxpayers and local authorities to those businesses who use and supply the packaging, applying the ‘polluter pays’ principle.
PackUK is set to place pEPR’s fees, raise these fees from obligated producers and make packaging waste disposal payments to local authorities in return for the delivery of effective collection and recycling services.
The group will also be responsible for public communications and information campaigns to encourage citizens to dispose of packaging waste correctly.
PackUK is a Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs hosted function, delivering on behalf of the four UK nations. It will be referred to as PecynUK in Wales.
Its design and set up has been supported by an industry-led steering group, chaired by Sebastian Munden (former chief executive of Unilever UK and Ireland).
The organisation's work will continue with the appointment of a new Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO).
To mark its launch, PackUK will be at the Packaging Innovations Birmingham on 12 to 13 February 2025.
Munden will be hosting the initial launch session on the central circular economy stage with guest speakers Emma Bourne, David McPhee, Rhodri Asby and Shane Doris representing their respective nations.
All businesses obligated to report data under the packaging EPR data reporting regulations should have submitted their January to June 2024 data by Tuesday 1 October 2024. If obligated packaging producers have not reported their data, they may face enforcement action.
If you are a large producer obligated to report data under packaging EPR data reporting regulations, and have all the data under the new rules, you should report it in two batches:
- report your January to June data by 1 October
- report your July to December data by the following 1 April
If you are obligated as a small producer, you will be required to report your data under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, you should report it in one annual submission:
- January to December data by 1 April
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