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"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees", "quote": "Paper and card 196", "quoteLang": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "label": null } }, { "id": "calc-matrix-1-large", "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/mailer/uk#calc-matrix-1-large", "leafPath": "calc.I.matrix[mailer:GB:mailer-box:large]", "statement": "United Kingdom: a mailer box of 320 g in the Large (about 16 x 12 x 8 in) size is estimated at £62.72 per 1,000 packs.", "value": 62.72, "unit": "GBP per 1,000 packs", "pending": false, "source": { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees", "quote": "Paper and card 196", "quoteLang": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "label": null } }, { "id": "calc-tool", "anchor": 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"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees", "quote": "Plastic 423", "quoteLang": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "label": null } }, { "id": "rate-gl", "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/mailer/uk#rate-gl", "leafPath": "fees.GB-2025-base.rates[GL]", "statement": "United Kingdom 2025-26: the category “Glass” is published at 192 GBP/tonne.", "value": "192", "unit": "gbp_per_tonne", "pending": false, "source": { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees", "quote": "Glass 192", "quoteLang": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "label": null } }, { "id": "rate-al", "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/mailer/uk#rate-al", "leafPath": "fees.GB-2025-base.rates[AL]", "statement": "United Kingdom 2025-26: the category “Aluminium” is published at 266 GBP/tonne.", "value": "266", "unit": "gbp_per_tonne", "pending": false, "source": { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees", "quote": "Aluminium 266", "quoteLang": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "label": null } }, { "id": "rate-st", "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/mailer/uk#rate-st", "leafPath": "fees.GB-2025-base.rates[ST]", "statement": "United Kingdom 2025-26: the category “Steel” is published at 259 GBP/tonne.", "value": "259", "unit": "gbp_per_tonne", "pending": false, "source": { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees", "quote": "Steel 259", "quoteLang": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "label": null } } ], "sections": [ { "id": "answer", "heading": null, "kind": "answer", "markdown": "\n\nIn United Kingdom, 1,000 mailer boxes of the Medium (about 12 x 9 x 4 in) size (150 g) carry an estimated packaging fee of £29.40 on the 2025-26 schedule. The range comes from the published rates that fit each part of the pack. Instica estimates it; you confirm the weights, then sign and submit." }, { "id": "what", "heading": "What this page estimates for a mailer box in United Kingdom", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## What this page estimates for a mailer box in United Kingdom\n\nThe mailer box on this page is a corrugated cardboard box that an order travels in to the customer. It has one component, each matched to the published rates of the 2025-26 schedule of PackUK extended producer responsibility for packaging (base fees) for United Kingdom; weight times rate gives a fee per 1,000 packs in GBP. The figures are estimates built on starting weights." }, { "id": "anatomy", "heading": "What is in a mailer box", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## What is in a mailer box\n\nThe mailer is one corrugated component. Tape, labels and void fill are separate packaging items and are not weighed here.\n\nStarting weights, an Instica estimate for a typical pack and not a measured weight: mailer box (corrugated board, 150 g).\n\n- **Mailer box**: corrugated board, 150 g (Instica starting estimate)" }, { "id": "worked-example", "heading": "Worked example: 1,000 mailer boxes in United Kingdom", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Worked example: 1,000 mailer boxes in United Kingdom\n\nOne mailer box of the Medium (about 12 x 9 x 4 in) size weighs 150 g in total. For each component the table gives its weight, the matched published rates, and the fee for 1,000 packs.\n\n**Fee for 1,000 mailer boxes in United Kingdom, in GBP**\n\n| Component | Weight each | Matched published rate | Fee per 1,000 packs | Fee per pack |\n| --- | ---: | --- | ---: | ---: |\n| Mailer box | 150 g | Paper and card | £29.40 | £0.0294 |\n\nUnited Kingdom: 1,000 mailer boxes of the Medium (about 12 x 9 x 4 in) size are estimated at £29.40 in packaging fees.\n\nAdded together, the estimate for 1,000 packs is £29.40.\n\nDivide by 1,000 for a single pack: about £0.0294." }, { "id": "tool", "heading": "What the fee tool returns for 1,000 mailer boxes in United Kingdom", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## What the fee tool returns for 1,000 mailer boxes in United Kingdom\n\nEntered into the public fee tool for United Kingdom (2025-26 schedule, effective June 27, 2025), 1,000 mailer boxes give the figures below. The tool is the same engine that prices a report, so this page and the tool agree.\n\n**Fee tool lines for 1,000 packs, United Kingdom, in GBP**\n\n| Component | Category at the lowest rate | Weight | Fee | Category at the highest rate | Fee |\n| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- | ---: |\n| Mailer box | Paper and card | 150 g | £29.40 | Paper and card | £29.40 |\n\nUnited Kingdom: the fee tool returns £29.40 for 1,000 mailer boxes of the Medium (about 12 x 9 x 4 in) size (150 g each).\n\nThe tool total is £29.40.\n\n**Fee tool totals for 1,000 packs by size, United Kingdom, in GBP**\n\n| Size | Weight each | Total, lowest rates | Total, highest rates | Per pack, lowest | Per pack, highest |\n| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| Small (about 8 x 6 x 4 in) | 90 g | £17.64 | £17.64 | £0.0176 | £0.0176 |\n| Medium (about 12 x 9 x 4 in) | 150 g | £29.40 | £29.40 | £0.0294 | £0.0294 |\n| Large (about 16 x 12 x 8 in) | 320 g | £62.72 | £62.72 | £0.0627 | £0.0627 |" }, { "id": "rates", "heading": "Which published rates were matched in United Kingdom", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Which published rates were matched in United Kingdom\n\nOne published rate was matched to the pack in United Kingdom from the 2025-26 schedule. Each is quoted from the programme’s own fee table; the page does not change the rate or round it.\n\n#### Mailer box, 150 g: one matched rate\n\n**Rates matched to the mailer box, United Kingdom 2025-26**\n\n| Category | Published rate | Per kilogram | Fee per 1,000 packs | Fee per pack |\n| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| Paper and card | 196 GBP/tonne | £0.196 | £29.40 | £0.0294 |\n\nUnited Kingdom 2025-26: the category “Paper and card” is published at 196 GBP/tonne." }, { "id": "sizes", "heading": "How size changes the fee for a mailer box", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## How size changes the fee for a mailer box\n\nThe weight of a mailer box depends on its size. The table prices each of the 3 sizes with the same matched rates, so the only thing that changes between rows is the weight.\n\n**Fee for 1,000 mailer boxes by size in United Kingdom, in GBP**\n\n| Size | Weight each | Fee per 1,000 packs, lowest rates | Fee per 1,000 packs, highest rates | Per pack, lowest | Per pack, highest |\n| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| Small (about 8 x 6 x 4 in) | 90 g | £17.64 | £17.64 | £0.0176 | £0.0176 |\n| Medium (about 12 x 9 x 4 in) | 150 g | £29.40 | £29.40 | £0.0294 | £0.0294 |\n| Large (about 16 x 12 x 8 in) | 320 g | £62.72 | £62.72 | £0.0627 | £0.0627 |\n\nEach component of the mailer box priced at every size, at the matched rates for United Kingdom.\n\n**Fee per 1,000 packs by component and size, United Kingdom, in GBP**\n\n| Component | Small (about 8 x 6 x 4 in) | Medium (about 12 x 9 x 4 in) | Large (about 16 x 12 x 8 in) |\n| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| Mailer box | 90 g: £17.64 | 150 g: £29.40 | 320 g: £62.72 |" }, { "id": "options", "heading": "What if the mailer box used another material?", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## What if the mailer box used another material?\n\nSuppose the main component of the mailer box, weighing 150 g, were made of another material. The table prices the same weight in each material class that United Kingdom publishes a rate for, at the lowest published rate in that class.\n\n**Same weight, different material, United Kingdom, in GBP per 1,000 packs**\n\n| Material | Lowest published rate | Fee per 1,000 packs at that rate | Highest published rate | Fee per 1,000 packs at that rate |\n| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| paper and board | 196 GBP/tonne | £29.40 | 196 GBP/tonne | £29.40 |\n| plastic | 423 GBP/tonne | £63.45 | 423 GBP/tonne | £63.45 |\n| glass | 192 GBP/tonne | £28.80 | 192 GBP/tonne | £28.80 |\n| aluminium | 266 GBP/tonne | £39.90 | 266 GBP/tonne | £39.90 |\n| steel | 259 GBP/tonne | £38.85 | 259 GBP/tonne | £38.85 |\n\n**Every matched rate of the other materials at 150 g, United Kingdom, in GBP**\n\n| Material | Category | Published rate | Fee per 1,000 packs | Fee per pack |\n| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| plastic | Plastic | 423 GBP/tonne | £63.45 | £0.0634 |\n| glass | Glass | 192 GBP/tonne | £28.80 | £0.0288 |\n| aluminium | Aluminium | 266 GBP/tonne | £39.90 | £0.0399 |\n| steel | Steel | 259 GBP/tonne | £38.85 | £0.0389 |\n\nA fee comparison only: another material changes weight and protection too." }, { "id": "volume", "heading": "What a larger run of mailer boxes costs in United Kingdom", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## What a larger run of mailer boxes costs in United Kingdom\n\nFees scale with the number of packs, because the schedule charges by mass. The table repeats the worked example for larger runs of the Medium (about 12 x 9 x 4 in) mailer box in United Kingdom. Nothing else changes between rows: the same weights and the same matched rates apply.\n\n**Fee by run size for the mailer box in United Kingdom, in GBP**\n\n| Packs | Total weight | Fee at the lowest rates | Fee at the highest rates |\n| ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| 100 | 15 kg | £2.94 | £2.94 |\n| 500 | 75 kg | £14.70 | £14.70 |\n| 1,000 | 150 kg | £29.40 | £29.40 |\n| 5,000 | 750 kg | £147.00 | £147.00 |\n| 10,000 | 1,500 kg | £294.00 | £294.00 |\n| 50,000 | 7,500 kg | £1,470.00 | £1,470.00 |\n| 100,000 | 15,000 kg | £2,940.00 | £2,940.00 |\n| 500,000 | 75,000 kg | £14,700.00 | £14,700.00 |\n| 1,000,000 | 150,000 kg | £29,400.00 | £29,400.00 |\n\nUnited Kingdom: a single mailer box is estimated at £0.0294 in packaging fees.\n\nUnited Kingdom: across all its components, a mailer box is priced at £0.196 per kilogram of packaging.\n\nTaken as a whole, the pack is priced at £0.196 per kilogram of packaging, so a heavier pack costs more in proportion to its weight.\n\nFlat fee bands, registration fees and minimum charges sit outside this per-kilogram table." }, { "id": "schedule", "heading": "The fee schedule behind these figures for United Kingdom", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## The fee schedule behind these figures for United Kingdom\n\nThe rates come from the 2025-26 schedule of PackUK extended producer responsibility for packaging (base fees) for United Kingdom, effective June 27, 2025. The facts below record where it was published and what else the schedule charges.\n\nUnited Kingdom: the 2025-26 fee schedule of PackUK extended producer responsibility for packaging (base fees), effective June 27, 2025, is the source of the per-kilogram rates used on this page.\n\nUnited Kingdom: the schedule lists a further fee, “Registration fees and charges paid to the regulators”, with no amount published here.\n\nUnited Kingdom: the schedule lists a further fee, “Packaging recycling note costs”, with no amount published here.\n\nUnited Kingdom: the schedule describes its eco-modulation method as “per category”.\n\nThe schedule also lists 2 other fees, which are not part of the per-kilogram estimate on this page.\n\nThe schedule describes an eco-modulation of its rates, so the fee a producer pays can be adjusted up or down from the base rates shown here." }, { "id": "levers", "heading": "Ways to lower the fee on a mailer box", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Ways to lower the fee on a mailer box\n\nCorrugated board is heavier than folding board, so box size is the lever: a box that fits the product closely weighs less.\n\nMany schedules give corrugated cardboard its own line, and some publish a lower rate for it than for other paper because of its high recycling rate.\n\nVoid fill, tape and inserts are priced as their own packaging, so a light mailer with heavy fill may cost more in total than a snug box.\n\nOnline sellers ship in mailers that they buy and fill themselves, so the shipping box is usually the seller’s own packaging." }, { "id": "faq", "heading": "Questions sellers ask", "kind": "faq", "markdown": "\n\n## Questions sellers ask\n\n### How much is the EPR fee for a mailer box in United Kingdom?\n\nFor 1,000 mailer boxes of the Medium (about 12 x 9 x 4 in) size, the estimated fee is £29.40 on the 2025-26 schedule, from the published rates that fit each component.\n\n### Is this the amount I will pay?\n\nNo. It is an estimate for the packaging alone. Registration fees, flat fee bands, eco-modulation and thresholds sit outside the per-kilogram figure. Instica prepares the data; you check, sign and submit it, and Instica never stores regulator login details." }, { "id": "estimate", "heading": "How these figures are made", "kind": "boilerplate", "markdown": "\n\n## How these figures are made\n\n> **Estimate**: Instica measures, estimates and prepares. Every figure on this page is computed from a sourced fee schedule and from starting weights that Instica labels as estimates, and each carries its data quality. The customer signs and submits the report; Instica never stores regulator login details and never files on your behalf. This page is general information about published rates; confirm your own position with a qualified adviser." } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "This document provides base fees for year 1 (2025 to 2026) of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging scheme.", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "registration fees and charges paid to the Environment Agency, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "costs associated with meeting packaging recycling targets e.g. through the purchase of Packaging Waste Recycling Notes", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "From year 2 of EPR (2026 to 2027), fees will be modulated to drive a shift to more environmentally sustainable packaging design", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-2025-base-fees", "label": null, 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