Packaging compliance guides
Plain explanations of what UK and EU packaging regulation actually requires: who is obligated, what each submission contains, what it costs, and how the data has to be shaped to produce it. Each guide states the date it was last reviewed against its sources.
UK extended producer responsibility for packaging: the 2026 guide
Who is obligated, what the two annual submissions contain, how RAM ratings set your fees, and the mistakes that make a submission fail. The starting point for everything else on this site.
Read the guide →ThresholdsAre you an obligated producer under UK packaging EPR?
The two tests that decide whether packaging EPR applies to you, what separates a small producer from a large one, and a checker that answers it from your turnover and tonnage.
Read the guide →FeesUK EPR fees in 2026: rates, modulation and how to reduce them
Base rates per tonne by material, how the red, amber and green multipliers work and escalate, what drives a bill, and the changes that genuinely reduce it.
Read the guide →RPDHow to report packaging data: a step-by-step guide
What to gather before you start, how the submission file is structured, the two annual deadlines, and the validation errors that send a file back.
Read the guide →RAMRecyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM) explained
What the methodology assesses, how a component ends up red, amber or green, which RAM version applies to which reporting year, and what the rating is worth in fees.
Read the guide →UK and EUPPWR vs UK EPR: what UK producers must do differently
Two regimes, one packaging portfolio. What each asks for, where the same data serves both, and the PPWR obligations that have no UK equivalent at all.
Read the guide →FAQUK packaging EPR: frequently asked questions
The questions producers ask once past the basics: who counts as the producer, whether a scheme is required, what records to keep, and how nation-level data works.
Read the guide →Buyer's guideThe best UK EPR software in 2026, compared
The criteria that separate one EPR tool from another, the three quite different things sold under the name, and a straight account of where Merchant fits.
Read the guide →Looking for a specific scheme?
The guides explain the obligations. The regulation pages are the per-scheme reference: what each market requires, the data it needs, and the format it wants it in.
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