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UK packaging EPR: first mandatory report due April 1, 2027 for 2026 data
UK Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)UK
Announced
Apr 20, 2026
Effective
Apr 1, 2027
Description
Under UK Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging, the first mandatory report is for 2026 data and is due by April 1, 2027. Organizations must collect nation data showing where packaging is supplied and discarded within the UK. This represents the first full mandatory reporting year under the UK packaging EPR framework following the initial interim reporting periods.
Key Findings
UK packaging EPR: first mandatory report due April 1, 2027 for 2026 data
The first mandatory report is for 2026 data, due by 1 April 2027. ## Report nation data Nation data is information about which nation in the UK packaging is supplied in and which nation in the UK packaging is discarded in. The environmental regulators have issued a statement on collecting and reporting nation of sale and self-managed organisation waste data supplied in 2024 and 2025. Find out more about how this may