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EPR for packaging: how local authority payments are calculated

Find out the methodology and procedure used to calculate paymentpayments estimates provided to Locallocal Authoritiesauthorities (LAs)for in2025 Novemberto 2024. 2026.

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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
20 December 2024
Last updated
7 August 2025 — See all updates

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Methodology and procedure for calculating November2025 2024to estimated2026 payments

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Annex A: Summary of data inputs

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Annex B: Local authority groupings (updated 14 July 2025)

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Annex C: LAPCAP alignment of WRAP's bulk density figures with Defra's material categories

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Annex C:D: Summary of requirements for a standard model in the draft regulations

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Annex D:E: sampledSampled LA cost data - data collection

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GlossaryLocal authority payments and material base fees: breakdown of Termscosts and tonnages

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Glossary of Terms

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Calculating LA payments: worked examples

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Local Authority payment values: England

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Local Authority payment values: Scotland

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Local Authority payment values: Wales

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Local authority payment values: Northern Ireland

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This guidance explains how payments to publishlocal anauthorities updated(LAs) copyunder inExtended SpringProducer 2025.Responsibility (EPR) for packaging have been calculated for 2025 to 2026.

This guidance should be read with the provisional notice of assessment letter which has been provided to eachLAs authority.in June 2025.

Updates to this page

Published 20 December 2024
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  1. Guidance document (and Welsh translated version) added to show local authority payments and material base fees: breakdown of costs and tonnages.

  2. Adding anticipated payment values for local authorities

  3. Annex B updated to show correct local authority groupings.

  4. Guidance and annexes have been updated to show the methodology and data used to calculate local authority payments for 2025 to 2026.

  5. First published.

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Update history

2026-04-15 12:03
In the attachment ‘Local authority packaging cost and performance (LAPCAP) worked examples’, we have updated the section ‘Supplementary calculation to account for statutory recycling target in Wales’. In the Welsh attachment ‘Enghreifftiau ymarferol costau a pherfformiad awdurdodau lleol (LAPCAP)’, we have updated the section ‘Cyfrifiad atodol i ymdrin â’r targed ailgylchu statudol yng Nghymru’.

2026-03-24 13:34
Updates to the local authority payment values for the 4 nations for 2025 to 2026 under the extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging scheme. Year 2 methodology moved into its own section of GOV.​UK to make it simpler for people to find what they’re looking for.

2026-02-04 10:55
Worked examples updated from PDF to HTML in Welsh and English.

2026-01-29 13:58
Amended to represent changes for Wales in January 2026.

2025-11-05 10:31
The methodology and procedure for calculating Year 2 (2026 to 2027) payments has been added to this page.

2025-08-07 12:30
Guidance document (and Welsh translated version) added to show local authority payments and material base fees: breakdown of costs and tonnages.

2025-07-26 00:01
Adding anticipated payment values for local authorities

2025-07-14 15:58
Annex B updated to show correct local authority groupings.

2025-07-10 10:17
Guidance and annexes have been updated to show the methodology and data used to calculate local authority payments for 2025 to 2026.

2024-12-20 15:47
First published.