You can check lists of producers who have reported their waste packaging data for 2023 and 2024.

For some packaging activities, these lists may help you work out who is responsible for reporting data. You may also need a record of this information for audits, or questions from the environmental regulator.  

What the lists do and do not cover

There are 2 lists. One covers data submitted for 2023, the other data submitted for 2024.

The lists coverare of large producers who have reported their data. They do not cover large producers who are required to report their data but have not.

The lists covermay whetherinclude anlarge organisationproducers you may work withwith. is classified as a large producer. They do not cover the activities a large producerproducers performs. perform. 

This data has been submitted by large producers. Defra and the environmental regulators have not corrected any inaccuracies. The accuracy of the data will increase as more large producers submit or re-submit data.

The lists are not definitive. If you are unsure whether an organisation is a large producer, or who is responsible for an activity, check with them directly.

Groups and subsidiaries 

If a parent company has submitted details for its subsidiaries, the lists will show those details.  

If the parent company has listed subsidiaries but has not submitted further details for them, the lists only show details for the parent company. 

What is classed as a ‘large producer’

OnAn the report packaging data service, an organisation is ‘large’a ‘large producer’ if it: 

• has an annual turnover of more than £2 million
• is responsible for handling more than 50 tonnes of empty packaging or packaged goods in the UK 

What the lists are for

You may want to use the lists if you do any of the following activities:

• import filled branded packaging on behalf of a brand owner that is not a large producer
• own an online marketplace that allows non-UK organisations to sell empty packaging into the UK
• manufacture or import empty packaging and supply it within the UK
• pack or fill branded packaging

If you’re unsure, check the section on packaging activities in the ‘Packaging data: what to collect’ guidance. 

How it works 

Download the CSV file for the year you want to check. Search the list to findsee whetherif youit haveincludes worked with a large organisation that hasyou reportedhave data.worked with.

If an organisation you work with is on the list

You will need to establish what activity they perform onin therelation packaging that you supply to them,the packaging, as they may be responsible for reporting that packaging.it.

If you supply packaging to a large producer and that producer does not pack or fill the packaging, or add their brand to the packaging, you are likely to be responsible for reporting it. 

If an organisation you work with is not on the list

You may be responsible for reporting the packaging.packaging. If Youyou shouldare checkunsure withwhether thean organisation is a large organisationproducer, ifor youwho areis unsure.responsible for an activity, check with them directly.

View the list of large producers