Guidance

EPR for packaging: how local authority payments are calculated

Find out the methodology and procedure used to calculate payments to local authorities for 2025 to 2026.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
20 December 2024
Last updated
14 July 2025 鈥� See all updates

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Methodology and procedure for calculating 2025 to 2026 payments

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Y fethodoleg a鈥檙 weithdrefn ar gyfer cyfrifo taliadau Cyfrifoldeb Estynedig Cynhyrchwyr dros becynwaith ar gyfer 2025 i 2026

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Annex A: Summary of data inputs

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Annex B: Local authority groupings (updated 14 July 2025)

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Annex C: LAPCAP alignment of WRAP's bulk density figures with Defra's material categories

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Annex D: Summary of requirements for a standard model in the regulations

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Annex E: Sampled LA cost data - data collection

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Glossary of Terms

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This guidance explains how payments to local authorities (LAs) under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging have been calculated for 2025 to 2026.

This guidance should be read with the notice of assessment letter provided to LAs in June 2025.

Updates to this page

Published 20 December 2024
Last updated 14 July 2025 show all updates

  1. Annex B updated to show correct local authority groupings.

  2. Guidance and annexes have been updated to show the methodology and data used to calculate local authority payments for 2025 to 2026.

  3. First published.

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