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PackUK publishes operational plan for 2026-2027 EPR implementation
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)PackUK (UK Scheme Administrator)UK
Announced
Jan 1, 2026
Description
PackUK published its operational plan for 2026-2027 setting out priorities, forecasts, methodologies, planned activities, and performance indicators for the EPR for packaging scheme. The plan covers notices of liability issuance, fee calculations using LAPCAP methodology, and the first year of modulated fees based on recyclability.
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PackUK publishes operational plan for 2026-2027 EPR implementation
anned activities performance indicators ### Assessment year 2025 to 2026 Within the first year of the EPR for packaging scheme (the 2025 to 26 assessment year),PackUK issued the first notices of liability in October 2025. At the time, the notices of liability were based on the intention to pay local authorities with per tonne fees set at the level calculated in June 2025. [...] Packaging producers can resubmit packag