EPR Guide - Flipbook - Page 20
EPR Time Line
2025
Registration & First
Fees
2023
Data Collection
Starts
Large producers begin
recording packaging placed
on market from 1 Jan
2023. Oct 2023: First data
report due (H1 2023)
2024
Reporting Only
(No Fees)
Apr 2024: Large producers
submit H2 2023 data; small
producers submit full-year
2023 data. Producers
continue to buy PRNs to
meet recycling targets, but
EPR waste fees are delayed
until 2025.
20
Jan-Jul 2025: All producers
register for EPR (via regulator
or schemes). Apr 2025: Large
producers submit H2 2024 data;
small producers submit 2024
data. Oct 2025: First EPR invoices
(‘Notices of Liability’) issued,
charging 昀氀at per-tonne fees for
2024 household packaging.
2026
Modulated (Eco-Adjusted)
Fees Begin
Apr 2026: Large producers report H2
2025 data; this is the 昀椀rst report that
fully in昀氀uences modulated fees (with
RAM recyclability ratings). Mid-2026:
Invoices now re昀氀ect material and
recyclability (Green/Amber/Red) rewarding design for recycling.
