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UK PackUK Publishes Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM) 2027
UK Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024PackUK / Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)UK
Announced
Feb 17, 2026
Implementation
Jan 1, 2027
Description
PackUK has published the Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM) 2027, establishing the standardized methodology that large producers obligated under the UK Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging scheme must use to assess and report the recyclability of household packaging they supply for the 2027 reporting year (January 1 to December 31, 2027). RAM 1.1 continues to apply for the 2026 reporting period. The methodology incentivizes use of more recyclable materials by making producers incur higher disposal costs under the EPR scheme if less recyclable materials are used.
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UK PackUK Publishes Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM) 2027
The aim of the recyclability assessment methodology (RAM) is to incentivise the use of more recyclable materials in the manufacturing and use of packaging by producers incurring higher disposal costs under the extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging scheme if less recyclable materials are used. Large producers obligated under EPR for packaging to pay household packaging waste disposal fees are legally re
UK PackUK Publishes Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM) 2027
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