PackEPR Check
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How to use PackEPR Check

PackEPR Check is a fast public explainer for the main UK packaging EPR thresholds. It helps you see whether your answers look below threshold, closer to small producer, closer to large producer, or too complex for a clean shortcut.

What to prepare

  • Your latest annual turnover figure
  • The approximate tonnage of packaging you supplied or imported in the previous calendar year
  • A rough list of the packaging activities your business actually performs
  • Any known group, subsidiary, or marketplace structure issues

How to use the checker

  1. Enter annual turnover in pounds sterling.
  2. Enter the packaging tonnage from the previous calendar year.
  3. Pick the business structure that best matches reality.
  4. Mark the packaging activities that genuinely apply.
  5. Submit the form and read the result conservatively.

What the result labels mean

  • Likely not affected on these answers: the main threshold is not clearly crossed or no qualifying activity is confidently present.
  • Likely small producer: the threshold appears crossed, but the answers do not clearly hit both large-producer markers.
  • Likely large producer: the answers appear to cross the threshold and also meet the £2 million-plus and 50-tonne-plus large markers.
  • Needs deeper review: the threshold may be crossed, but group structure or marketplace uncertainty makes a shortcut unsafe.

What this tool does not do

  • It does not file packaging data for you.
  • It does not calculate fees, PRNs, or PERNs.
  • It does not replace the official GOV.UK guidance.
  • It does not resolve every group, subsidiary, or import edge case.

Good ways to use it internally

  • Give finance or ops a first-cut route before a longer compliance review.
  • Brief a founder or brand lead on why the issue matters.
  • Create a short evidence checklist before checking the live guidance.
  • Spot whether marketplace or group-entity complexity is the real blocker.

When to escalate beyond this tool

  • When a parent group and subsidiaries might report differently.
  • When you import packaged goods but another entity controls the brand or onward supply.
  • When your marketplace may allow non-UK sellers into the UK and the facts are unclear.
  • When you need an exact fee, deadline, or filing answer rather than a route check.

Primary source

  • GOV.UK guidance: Extended producer responsibility for packaging: who is affected and what to do.