Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

Businesses in the UK are obligated to collect and report packaging data under EPR if they meet all of the following criteria:

1. An individual business, subsidiary or group (but not a charity).
2. Annual turnover of £1 million or more (based on your most recent annual accounts up to 7th April).
3. Responsible for more than 25 tonnes of packaging (previous calendar year).
4. Carry out any of the following packaging activities:

• • • Supply packaged goods to the UK market under its own brand.
    • Place goods into packaging that’s unbranded when it’s supplied.
    • Imports products in packaging.
    • Online Market Place: own an online marketplace.
    • Hire or loan out reusable packaging.
    • Supply empty packaging.

The key obligations of Packaging EPR include the possibility of multiple reporting requirements, to register through the government RPD portal or a Producer Compliance Scheme, and ensuring all obligated packaging is liable for PRN fees (tonnage fees). Additionally, household (HH) packaging will be subject to government fees (further tonnage fees).

You are considered a Producer and therefore obligated to collect and report data under WEEE if it meets at least one of the following criteria:

• Manufacture and sell EEE under their own brand in the UK.
• Buy EEE and then make changes to rebrand the product and resell it to the UK.
• Import EEE on a commercial basis into the UK.
• Are established outside of the UK and supply EEE directly to the UK market by distance selling e.g. online, mail order, or by phone.

Those acting as distributors may be obligated as a Producer. Producers can also be distributors and have additional take-back obligations.

Key obligations include joining a Producer Compliance Scheme (PCS), reporting the amount of EEE you place onto the market, financing the collection, treatment, and recycling of WEEE (tonnage fees), marking EEE devices with the appropriate symbols, and providing information to end users on how to recycle their WEEE.

You are considered a Producer and therefore obligated to collect and report data under Battery EPR if they meet all of the following criteria:

• Any person who professionally, irrespective of the method used, places batteries, including those already in appliances or vehicles, on the UK market for the first time.

Those businesses distributing batteries directly to end users will also have distributor obligations. Businesses can be both a Producer and/or a distributor. Requirements will depend on the type of batteries you place on the UK market.

Key obligations include registering with the appropriate environmental regulator, reporting the amount of batteries you have placed on the UK market, and financing the collection, treatment, and recycling of waste batteries (tonnage fees) for larger producers. Larger producers must also register with a Producer Compliance Scheme, while small producers can register directly with the government. Additionally, businesses must provide information to end users on how to recycle batteries and report the amount of certain types of batteries taken back.