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If you鈥檙e an organisation that supplies packaging to consumers and businesses in the UK, you may have to take action to comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.

You may need to collect and submit data about packaging you鈥檝e supplied through the UK market, or any filled packaging you have imported, emptied and discarded in the UK.

Find out if you need to collect and report your packaging data.

If you do have to report packaging data this example file shows how you must structure your data.

There is guidance that explains how to create your file for extended producer responsibility. This covers:

• which columns you鈥檒l have to complete
• the codes you鈥檒l need to enter

Use it together with this example file to create your own CSV file.

Understanding the example file

The rows in this example file show well-structured data entries. They are for illustration and do not reflect the activity of a single business.

Example: self-managed consumer waste

Row 2 - the first row after the header row - shows, from left to right:

• a company with ID 100001
• there is no subsidiary ID - this line relates to the parent company鈥檚 activity
• it is a large (L) organisation
• it鈥檚 reporting for July to December 2023
• there鈥檚 no packaging activity code because it鈥檚 self-managed consumer waste - they鈥檝e collected this from consumers
• packaging type code CW for 鈥榮elf-managed consumer waste鈥�
• packaging class code 01 for 鈥榮elf-managed consumer waste鈥�
• packaging material code PL for plastic
• there鈥檚 no packaging material subtype code
• it鈥檚 reporting data for packaging originating from England (EN)
• there鈥檚 no entry for the country the packaging is sent to - it does not apply
• it is reporting 2000 kilograms of plastics
• the final column is empty - it is only for reporting on drinks containers

Example: subsidiary company importing plastic household waste

Line 125 shows a subsidiary company importing packaging. From left to right:

• the parent company has ID 100003
• the parent company has given its subsidiary S0123 as an ID, so the entry for subsidiary ID is 鈥�100003S0123鈥�
• it is a large (L) organisation
• it鈥檚 reporting for July to December 2023
• the packaging activity code is IM for 鈥榠mported鈥� - they鈥檝e imported packaged goods that they鈥檝e gone on to supply or discard in the UK
• packaging type code HH for 鈥榟ousehold packaging鈥�
• the packaging class is P1 - packaging used to contain a single 鈥榮ales unit鈥� to sell to customers
• packaging material code PL for plastic
• there鈥檚 no packaging material subtype code
• there鈥檚 no entry for the country the packaging originates from - it does not apply
• there鈥檚 no entry for the country the packaging is sent to - it does not apply
• it is reporting 2,755,740 kilograms of plastics
• the final column is empty - it is only for reporting on drinks containers

Read the guidance on creating your file for a complete list of all the codes you must use and rules you must follow when creating your packaging data file.

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