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.

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Free check: are you an obligated producer?

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

How much packaging do you supply or import into the UK per year? (Include packaging around imported goods) Annual worldwide turnover (last accounts available before 7 April 2026)?

Answer both to see where you stand.

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

What small producers must do

Duty	When
Register for EPR for packaging (Report packaging data service) and pay the registration fee	Once, then renewed yearly
Renew registration	By 1 April every year
Report packaging data for the previous calendar year	By 1 April every year - 2026 data due 1 April 2027
Keep packaging data records	All 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.