Enquire Now Packaging Waste Regulations

If your business or organisation produces or uses packaging, or sells packaged goods, you may be classed as an obligated packaging producer. Obligated packaging producers must follow rules which help to:

• reduce the amount of packaging produced in the first place
• reduce how much packaging waste goes to landfill
• increase the amount of packaging waste that’s recycled and recovered

 These are in addition to waste duty of care rules all businesses must follow.

Every year an obligated packaging producer must:

• register as a packaging producer by 7 April
• meet their recovery and recycling obligation
• obtain evidence of compliance
• submit a certificate of compliance (CoC) by 31 January the following year

Peak HSE can provide advice, assistance and guidance on the impact of the packaging waste regulations, including waste minimisation reviews and packaging waste audits to calculate recycling obligations.