United Kingdom EPR deadlines 2026
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United Kingdom has 7 verified packaging EPR deadlines in the Instica data, reviewed on November 4, 2026, the first falling January 31, 2027. The kinds of date are registration deadline, report deadline, other date. Each carries the period it covers and a quoted source, and you sign and submit every filing yourself.
United Kingdom EPR deadlines at a glance
| Date or rule | Kind | Period covered | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 1, 2026 | Registration deadline | Not stated | gov.uk |
| October 1, 2026 | Report | 2026-H1 | gov.uk |
| January 31, 2027 | Other date | 2026 | gov.uk |
| April 1, 2027 | Registration deadline | Not stated | gov.uk |
| April 1, 2027 | Report | 2026-H2 | gov.uk |
| April 1, 2027 | Report | 2026-P0 | gov.uk |
| No date or rule published | Other date | Not stated | gov.uk |
Each verified date and what it asks of you
Registration deadline: October 1, 2026
The registration deadline is October 1, 2026.
Note from the source: Recurs each 1 October.
Original wording
you must register for EPR for packaging each year, and pay the applicable fees by 1 October.Source: gov.uk
Report: October 1, 2026
The report deadline is October 1, 2026. It covers 2026-H1.
Note from the source: Large producers report every six months.
Original wording
1 January to 30 June 2026 1 October 2026Source: gov.uk
Other date: January 31, 2027
The other date is January 31, 2027. It covers 2026.
Note from the source: Recycling obligations issued during 2026, on 2025 packaging data, must be met with PRNs or PERNs and a certificate or statement of compliance by 31 January 2027.
Original wording
you must meet your recycling obligations, including submitting your certificate or statement of compliance, by 31 January 2027Source: gov.uk
Registration deadline: April 1, 2027 (2)
The registration deadline is April 1, 2027.
Note from the source: Recurs each 1 April.
Original wording
you must register for EPR for packaging each year, and pay a registration fee by 1 April.Source: gov.uk
Report: April 1, 2027 (2)
The report deadline is April 1, 2027. It covers 2026-H2.
Note from the source: 1 July to 31 December 2026.
Original wording
1 July to 31 December 2026 1 April 2027Source: gov.uk
Report: April 1, 2027 (3)
The report deadline is April 1, 2027. It covers 2026-P0.
Note from the source: Small producers report once a year for the calendar year.
Original wording
1 January to 31 December 2026 1 April 2027Source: gov.uk
Other date (2)
The source lists this other date without a date or a rule.
Note from the source: Notify the regulators within 28 days of ceasing to be a producer.
Original wording
you must notify the regulators within 28 days if you stop being a producerSource: gov.uk
United Kingdom: the 2027 calendar worked out day by day
This section places the 4 dated entries for United Kingdom on the 2027 calendar. A yearly rule is placed on its day in 2027; a fixed date is used as the source gives it. The weekday, the day of the year, the ISO week and the quarter are worked out from that date, and the distance to the review of November 4, 2026 is counted in days. The first entry falls on January 31, 2027 and the last on April 1, 2027.
Other date: Sunday, January 31, 2027. This is day 31 of the year, in ISO week 4 and quarter 1. It lies 88 days after the review date, and it is the first entry of the year.
Registration deadline: Thursday, April 1, 2027. This is day 91 of the year, in ISO week 13 and quarter 2. It lies 148 days after the review date, and 60 days after the previous entry (other date).
Report: Thursday, April 1, 2027. This is day 91 of the year, in ISO week 13 and quarter 2. It lies 148 days after the review date, on the same day as the previous entry (registration deadline).
Report: Thursday, April 1, 2027. This is day 91 of the year, in ISO week 13 and quarter 2. It lies 148 days after the review date, on the same day as the previous entry (report deadline).
Across 2027 the 4 dated entries for United Kingdom spread over 60 days, from the first to the last. By quarter the count is Q1 1, Q2 3, Q3 0, Q4 0.
The longest wait between two entries is 60 days, from January 31, 2027 to April 1, 2027. 2 entries share their day with the entry before. 1 of the 4 dates falls on a Saturday or Sunday. The sources do not say here what happens when a due day is not a working day, so read the source before you plan around it.
By kind, the 2027 entries for United Kingdom are Other date 1, Registration deadline 1, Report 2. By weekday they are Sunday 1, Thursday 3. Counted from the review on November 4, 2026, the first entry falls 88 days after it and the last 148 days after it.
United Kingdom next to the other places in United Kingdom
United Kingdom is one of 2 places in United Kingdom with a verified deadline in the Instica data. With 7 verified deadlines it ranks 1 of 2 by the number of entries (rank 1 has the most). By the first dated entry in 2027, January 31, 2027, it ranks 1 of 2.
In United Kingdom the earliest first date in 2027 belongs to United Kingdom (January 31, 2027) and the latest to United Kingdom Plastic Packaging Tax (April 1, 2027).
Closest in time to the first date of United Kingdom, measured against the other places in United Kingdom: United Kingdom Plastic Packaging Tax (April 1, 2027, 60 days later).
Across all 48 places with a verified deadline in the Instica data, whatever the region, 7 entries for United Kingdom sits against a median of 3 per place, and 43 places have fewer. The first dated entry of United Kingdom in 2027, January 31, 2027, ranks 4 of 32 places with a dated entry, level with 5 others; the earliest anywhere is California (January 1, 2027) and the latest is Slovakia (June 1, 2027).
United Kingdom: each kind of date against United Kingdom
Each kind of date that United Kingdom has in 2027 is set below against the other places in United Kingdom that have a dated entry of the same kind. The rank counts places with an earlier date, so rank 1 is the earliest.
Other date: United Kingdom has January 31, 2027. Of the 2 places in United Kingdom with a dated other date in 2027, it ranks 1. The earliest is United Kingdom (January 31, 2027) and the latest is United Kingdom Plastic Packaging Tax (April 1, 2027).
Registration deadline: United Kingdom has April 1, 2027. No other place in United Kingdom has a dated registration deadline in 2027, so there is nothing to compare it with.
Report: United Kingdom has April 1, 2027. No other place in United Kingdom has a dated report deadline in 2027, so there is nothing to compare it with.
United Kingdom: the 2027 dates month by month
Month by month, the dated entries for United Kingdom in 2027 fall as follows. No entry falls in February, March, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
January: Other date on Sunday the 31st.
April: Registration deadline on Thursday the 1st; Report on Thursday the 1st; Report on Thursday the 1st.
Who sets and receives these dates
United Kingdom: Registration runs through Report packaging data (RPD) service, run by Defra and the regulators; the party that registers is described as The producer directly, or a compliance scheme on its behalf. An approved person (director, company secretary, partner or LLP member) creates the account and the regulators approve it. The dates above are the ones that registry and its programme publish, so they are the ones your filings are measured against.
Producers meet the duty through one of several schemes; membership of an organisation is not required. Programmes can publish their own dates, such as invoice days, next to the dates of the authority, and both kinds of date are listed when a source states them.
The file that goes with the date
Each report date goes with a file. For United Kingdom the data describes “UK EPR packaging data file (large and small producer)”, addressed to “The four UK environmental regulators through the Report packaging data (RPD) service”. It is received through “Report packaging data service on GOV.UK. The customer, as an approved person, uploads the CSV. A compliance scheme can do this on the producer's behalf.”, it is reported by the half year, and the weights are kept in kilograms. The working file is CSV.
The layout comes from a published specification. Instica prepares the file in that layout from your measured and estimated quantities, and you upload it yourself.
- the text encoding
- utf-8
- the field delimiter
- ","
- the number of columns
- 15
- the rounding rule
- 0 decimal places, half up
- the status of the layout source
- published by the recipient
Open the United Kingdom report-format page
Questions about United Kingdom EPR deadlines
When is the United Kingdom EPR report due?
The data lists these report dates for United Kingdom: October 1, 2026; April 1, 2027; April 1, 2027. Read the period each one covers in the table above, and open the source to confirm the day before you file.
Which period does a United Kingdom deadline cover?
The sources describe these periods: 2026-H1; 2026; 2026-H2; 2026-P0. A report is usually filed after the period it covers ends, so the date and the period are different things and both are shown.
United Kingdom has 7 verified deadlines in the Instica data. Verified means that the date or rule was read from a primary source on the retrieval date shown beside it, with the quote kept in the language of the source. A date that no primary source states is not shown as a date at all: it appears further down as not yet published, with the reason.
By shape, the entries are 6 with a fixed calendar date, 1 without a date or rule. The table lists them in date order, then by kind. The sections after it take each date in turn, then explain what the kinds of date ask of a producer, how to read a yearly rule or a month-only rule, and what to prepare before the day arrives.
What each kind of date means
Registration deadline
A registration deadline is the date by which a producer has to be on the register, or signed up with the programme, before it places covered packaging on the market. Who has to register depends on the place: it is often the brand owner, the importer or the marketplace, and the quote under each date shows the wording. Instica reads the date from the source and shows it beside the period it opens. The registration itself is something you do in the official registry.
Report
A report deadline is the date by which the packaging quantities for a stated period have to reach the receiving office or programme. The period covered is shown with the date, because the same report can be due a few months after the period ends. Instica measures and estimates the weights, prepares the file in the layout of the recipient and shows you the numbers; you sign and submit it in the official portal.
Other date
Some dates in the source are neither a registration, a report nor a payment, for example a date from which a rule applies or a notice period. They are listed with the same source and quote as every other date, and the note beside each one says what it is.
How dates, yearly rules and month-only rules read
A fixed date is shown as the source gives it, formatted for your language. It is a calendar day, not a time of day, and it applies in the local time of the office that receives the filing. Where a fixed date is the first of a yearly series, the entry says so.
An entry without a date or a rule is listed because the source names the obligation; the note beside it says what the source adds.
Dates in this data can be revised by the programme or the authority. Each entry shows the day it was retrieved, so you can see how old it is, and a newer source always wins over this page.
Dates the sources have not published yet
United Kingdom: the data lists no entry that is still pending. Every deadline above is verified.
Preparing before the date
- Check whether you have to register at all, and with whom, before the registration date arrives; the first report cannot be filed without it.
- Count the packaging you place on the market in the period the date covers. Weigh a sample of each pack, record the material of each part and note where each weight comes from: measured, supplied by your supplier, estimated or declared.
- Group the weights the way the recipient groups them. The report-format page for this place lists the columns, the units and the rounding the file expects.
- Estimate the fee from the published rate schedule, if the programme charges by weight or material, and keep the working so you can explain every figure.
- Read the source quote under the date once more, because the programme can change a day or a period between reviews.
- Sign in to the official portal yourself, check the prepared file and submit it. Instica stores no portal credentials and files nothing for you.
Add these dates to your calendar
6 of the 7 verified dates for United Kingdom have a day in the source and are in the calendar feed. Subscribe once and your calendar adds new dates after each review. Every event carries the source address of the date, so you can open the page the date comes from. Entries without a day stay on this page.
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Verified dates only. Month-only and written rules stay on the page. Instica prepares; you sign and submit.
Frequently asked questions
Does Instica submit the report for me?
No. Instica measures, estimates and prepares the figures and the file. You sign in to the official portal, check the file and submit it yourself, and Instica never stores your portal credentials.
How do I add the United Kingdom dates to my calendar?
Use the calendar block on this page: download the file or subscribe with the feed address. Each event has the day, the kind of date and the address of the source. Dates that the source gives only as a month or in words are not in the feed.
What if a source changes a date after this review?
The source wins. Every entry shows the day it was retrieved. Check the source address before you act, and use the next review of this page for the change.
How to read this page
Sources
- gov.uk (packaging data check reporting periods and submission deadlines) retrieved
Original wording: you must register for EPR for packaging each year, and pay the applicable fees by 1 October.
Original wording: 1 January to 30 June 2026 1 October 2026
Original wording: you must register for EPR for packaging each year, and pay a registration fee by 1 April.
Original wording: 1 July to 31 December 2026 1 April 2027
Original wording: 1 January to 31 December 2026 1 April 2027
- gov.uk (how to comply with packaging recycling obligations as a large producer) retrieved
Original wording: you must meet your recycling obligations, including submitting your certificate or statement of compliance, by 31 January 2027
- gov.uk (check if you must comply with epr for packaging 2) retrieved
Original wording: you must notify the regulators within 28 days if you stop being a producer
- gov.uk (epr for packaging what you must do as a small producer) retrieved
Original wording: the fee is: £1,303 if you register directly with your environmental regulator £696 if you register through a compliance scheme
Original wording: Compliance schemes are third parties that help organisations meet the EPR for packaging requirements.
- gov.uk (report packaging data create your reporting file) retrieved
Original wording: Add a new row of data for each packaging activity and each type of packaging you need to report.
The free plan is enough to start. We estimate and prepare; you sign and submit.