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Packaging compliance

Is your company compliant with the packaging producer responsibility regulations?

Does packaging compliance apply to you?

You handle over 50 tonnes of packaging a year

Your annual turnover is over £2M

You may be obligated

What you need to do

Packaging compliance applies to you if you meet the threshold above, meaning you are classed a producer and have a certain number of obligations. It can seem a little daunting, but this is where we come in - working together we can take care of all this for you, saving time, money and energy.

Register with the appropriate environment agency annually, by 7 April
Collect and submit data about your packaging, as accurately as possible
Calculate your obligation tonnage
Source appropriate Packaging Recovery Notes (PRNs) to match your obligation
Provide a certificate of compliance

Are your packaging obligations making an impact?

Together with our members, partners and other major brands we are part of the biggest collaborative push to improve on-the-go recycling of packaging waste in the UK, with the landmark #LeedsByExample and #InTheLoop campaigns. Isn't it about time your packaging compliance obligations made a positive impact too?

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What if I'm not compliant?

Failure to meet your packaging compliance legal obligations could result in prosecution and fines. We can help your company avoid risks of prosecution.

Get the best out of your PRNs

We secure the best PRN prices to off-set your packaging compliance obligations by working closely with key recyclers. We also offer total transparency on pricing and market fluctuations to our members.

Optimise your packaging data

As your packaging data partner, we'll help you capture and validate the correct data for existing and future legislation, in a database owned by you. Our interactive analytical dashboards will also enable you to budget, model scenarios and develop a strategy to reduce your liabilities. Importantly we will enable you to gain a holistic view of your packaging environmental impact in the context of the Plastic Packaging Tax, EPR, the DRS and your own recyclability goals as well.

Find out about our packaging data services

Do you have a Green Dot UK license?

If you are an Ecosurety member we can provide you with the Green Dot license for trademark use on packaging in the UK.

Do you need to prepare for an Environment Agency audit?

If you are audited by the Environment Agency, we can help prepare for audit and can even attend and assist on behalf of your company.

Representing our members' interests

With dedicated lobbying, proactive support and industry-focused expertise, we work hard to ensure our compliance schemes deliver much more than just value for money to our members.

Supporting your UK Plastics Pact objectives

As a member of the UK Plastics Pact we can help our members to track and monitor their data and performance towards the 2025 targets. We can also make recommendations annually about how you can achieve your objectives.

Find out more about the Plastics Pact Roadmap to 2025

EPR is coming - are you prepared?

The UK does not yet have comprehensive Extended Producer Responsibility systems in place, but that is set to change. All packaging, batteries and WEEE producers will be affected, get up to speed now.

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Download our impact report

Our 2020 impact report shows where we have invested to improve quality UK recycling on behalf of our members, and the benefits and learnings that have occurred as a result.

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"We wouldn't be where we are today without the help of lots of different people, including the team at Ecosurety. Right from the beginning, being a sustainable business has been important to us, and packaging plays a big part. We want our packaging to have the lowest possible impact on the world around us, and we want as many of our bottles, cartons, pots and boxes to be recycled. Ecosurety have been brilliant at ensuring we fill in all the right forms and meet all the right requirements. We couldn't have done it without them!" Graham Fox Photo