Packaging data: check reporting periods and submission deadlines
Source: gov.uk (2025-10-20)

Find out when large and small organisations affected by Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (EPR) must collect and submit packaging data.

Reporting periods (when you must collect packaging data) and deadlines for submitting your data depend on:
- whether you’re considered a large or small organisation (also referred to as large and small producers under Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (EPR) regulations)
- the year you’re reporting on
Check if you’re a large or small producer (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-who-is-affected-and-what-to-do).

You must collect and submit packaging data:
- every 6 months, if you’re a large producer
- yearly, as a small producer
You must also register by the registration deadline (#registration-deadlines) every year.

You should submit your data through the ‘report packaging data’ service (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/report-packaging-data).

The most recent deadline for submitting data was 1 October 2025 for large producers and 1 April 2025 for small producers

If you miss a submission deadline, you should contact your environmental regulator. This is:

the Environment Agency (EA) (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency) in England

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) (https://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en)

Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) (https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/northern-ireland-environment-agency)

Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) (https://www.sepa.org.uk/)

Large producers: when to collect and submit data

You must collect and submit your packaging data on a 6-monthly basis:
- 1 April - submit your data for 1 July to 31 December of the previous year
- 1 October - submit your data for 1 January to 30 June of the same year
Check data you must collect and report (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-collect-your-packaging-data-for-extended-producer-responsibility) as a large producer.

2024 data

The submission deadline was 1 April 2025. This is for data you collected between 1 July and 31 December 2024.

The deadline for submitting data collected from 1 April to 30 June 2024 was 1 October 2024. Contact your environmental regulator if you missed the submission deadline.

The data you collect and submit for 2024 will be used to calculate your recycling obligations and any waste management fees you must pay in 2025 (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-recycling-obligations-and-waste-disposal-fees).

2025 data

The deadline for submitting data collected from 1 January to 30 June 2025 was 1 October 2025. Contact your environmental regulator if you missed the submission deadline.

You will need to submit data you collect for the second half of 2025 (1 July to 31 December) by 1 April 2026.

Small producers: when to collect and submit data

You must collect and submit your packaging data yearly.

Check data you must collect and report (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-collect-your-packaging-data-for-extended-producer-responsibility) as a small producer.

2024 data

The deadline for submitting your 2024 packaging data was 1 April 2025.

When creating your data file (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/packaging-data-how-to-create-your-file-for-extended-producer-responsibility), you’ll need to select the reporting period from January to December 2024, even if you did not start to collect data until April.

You can submit all the data you’ve collected under this reporting period.

2025 data

The deadline for submitting data you’re collecting for 2025 (1 January to 31 December) is 1 April 2026.

Registration deadlines

You much register every year.

Large producers must register for the following year by October 2025.

Small producers must register for that year by April 2026.

Find out more about registration and what you must pay (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-register-and-pay-the-fee).