REGISTRATION FOR EPR DATA SUBMISSION IS NOW OPEN
In my previous EPR mails to BPIF Labels members I have stressed that whilst payments under the EPR scheme have been delayed by a year until October 2025 the requirements to submit data remain in place. Also you will still be required to pay any PRN fees that become due.
As of 16th August 2023 the new Report Packaging Data (RPD) service became available for large producers to register. You are a large producer if your turnover is over £2 million and you handle more than 50 tonnes of packaging in a year. I believe that all BPIF Labels Converter members may fall into this category.
Data for the period 1st January 2023 ( or 1st March 2023) to 30th June 2023 must be submitted by 1st October 2023. The functionality to submit your data is due to be available in the middle of September. However, you must register before being able to submit your data and I would suggest that you register as soon as possible.
Defra have provided further details and bite sized “how to” guides. Please take the time to read this information to view the guides.
At this weeks Business Readiness Forum the Government announced that they will not take any enforcement action providing data for 2023 under the new EPR data reporting requirements is submitted by 31st May 2024. This is a significant change as Large Producers were originally expected to submit data for the period ending 30th June 2023 by 1st October 2023.
If you require further assistance on EPR then please let me know or contact the BPIF EPR helpdesk at eprhelp@bpif.org.uk.