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ExtendedEPR producer responsibility for packaging: how local authority paymentpayments calculationsare 2025 to 2026calculated

Find out the methodology and procedure used to calculate extended producer responsibility (EPR) payments to local authorities for Year 20251 (2025 to 20262026) (yearand 1).Year 2 (2026 to 2027).

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
20 December 2024
Last updated
244 MarchFebruary 2026 — See all updates

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Methodology and procedure for calculating year 2 (2026 to 2027) payments

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Y fethodoleg a’r weithdrefn ar gyfer taliadau i’w gwneud yn 2026 i 2027

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Methodology and procedure for calculating Year 1 (2025 to 2026) payments

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Y fethodoleg a’r weithdrefn ar gyfer cyfrifo taliadau Cyfrifoldeb Estynedig Cynhyrchwyr dros becynwaith ar gyfer 2025 i 2026

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LocalAnnex authorityA: packagingSummary costof anddata performance (LAPCAP) worked examplesinputs

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EnghreifftiauAnnex B: ymarferolLocal costauauthority agroupings pherfformiad(updated awdurdodau14 lleolJuly (LAPCAP)2025)

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LocalAnnex authorityC: paymentsLAPCAP andalignment materialof baseWRAP's fees:bulk breakdowndensity offigures costswith andDefra's tonnagesmaterial categories

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Taliadau’rAnnex awdurdodauD: lleolSummary of a ffioeddstandard sylfaenolmodel yin deunyddiau:the dadansoddiad o gostau a thunelleddau regulations

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LocalAnnex authorityE: paymentSampled valuesLA 2025cost todata 2026:- Englanddata collection

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LocalGlossary authorityof payment values 2025 to 2026: Scotlandterms

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Local authority paymentpayments valuesand 2025material tobase 2026:fees: Walesbreakdown of costs and tonnages

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LocalTaliadau’r authorityawdurdodau paymentlleol valuesa 2025ffioedd tosylfaenol 2026:y Northerndeunyddiau: Irelanddadansoddiad o gostau a thunelleddau

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CyfanswmLocal taliadauAuthority awdurdodaupayment lleolvalues: England

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AnnexLocal A:Authority Summarypayment ofvalues: data inputsScotland

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Annex B: Local authorityAuthority groupingspayment (updatedvalues: 14 July 2025)Wales

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AnnexLocal C:authority LAPCAPpayment alignmentvalues: ofNorthern WRAP's bulk density figures with Defra's material categoriesIreland

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AnnexCyfanswm D:Taliadau SummaryAwdurdodau of a standard model in the regulationsLleol

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AnnexLocal E:authority Sampledpackaging LA cost dataand -performance data(LAPCAP) collectionworked examples

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GlossaryEnghreifftiau ofymarferol termscostau a pherfformiad awdurdodau lleol (LAPCAP)

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Details

This guidance explains how payments to local authorities (LAs) under extendedExtended producerProducer responsibilityResponsibility (EPR) for packaging have been calculated forfor:

  • Year 20251 (2025 to 20262026)
  • Year (year2 1).

    (2026 to 2027)

Updates to this page

Published 20 December 2024
Last updated 244 MarchFebruary 2026 + show all updates

  1. Updates to the local authority payment values for the 4 nations for 2025 to 2026 under the extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging scheme. Year 2 methodology moved into its own section of GOV.UK to make it simpler for people to find what they're looking for.

  2. Worked examples updated from PDF to HTML in Welsh and English.

  3. Amended to represent changes for Wales in January 2026.

  4. The methodology and procedure for calculating Year 2 (2026 to 2027) payments has been added to this page.

  5. Guidance document (and Welsh translated version) added to show local authority payments and material base fees: breakdown of costs and tonnages.

  6. Adding anticipated payment values for local authorities

  7. Annex B updated to show correct local authority groupings.

  8. Guidance and annexes have been updated to show the methodology and data used to calculate local authority payments for 2025 to 2026.

  9. First published.

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