pEPR Cost Calculator
Determine your potential packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) costs
Our calculator enables you to estimate your business’s costs under packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR).
Enter your packaging obligations (your EPR obligation is the sum of all household and street bin packaging reported in half year 1 and half year 2, but remember to exclude aluminium and PET drinks containers) into the tool, in tonnes, and then click calculate for cost estimates based on the following three scenarios: lower, intermediate, and higher. Once you have submitted your contact details, you will see a range of potential costs based on the data provided.
The cost estimates will not include recycling evidence (PRN) fees.
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Summary of your EPR costs
| Material | Lower estimate total | Intermediate estimate total | Higher estimate total |
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The above forecasts are based on a range of estimated fees provided by Defra. Defra has advised not to use the high estimates and low estimates to forecast best- and worst-case scenarios, as it is likely that different materials will fall in different places on this spectrum
For relatively balanced or mixed obligations, we feel that the intermediate fee is a reasonable estimate to use.
For single material obligations, or heavily dominated material obligations, then it is possible that the high scenario could occur, so we suggest you consider the full range of fees in these instances.
When forecasting for 2025 compliance it is important to remember that producers will still be required to pay for Packaging Waste Recovery Notes (PRNs).
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