Guidance: Packaging data: how to create your file for extended producer responsibility
Summary
The Environment Agency has published updated guidance on how organisations should structure packaging data files for extended producer responsibility (EPR) submissions. The update confirms the use of the 2025 file specification, clarifies reporting deadlines and codes, and notes corrections to previous guidance that had caused submission errors.
Why it matters
Residential property surveyors may encounter EPR implications through client businesses that supply packaging, manage waste streams, or need compliance advice as part of wider property and operational due diligence. The guidance also signals that packaging reporting requirements and file specifications are changing, which may affect occupiers, managing agents and landlords with relevant obligations.
Key points
- The Environment Agency has issued guidance on creating packaging data files for EPR reporting.
- Organisations supplying packaging to UK consumers and businesses may need to collect and report packaging data.
- The 2025 file specification must be used for current submissions; older templates may trigger errors.
- Large organisations report every 6 months, while small organisations report annually.
- The update corrects earlier guidance and clarifies codes, deadlines and submission requirements.
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