Producer Responsibility laws require businesses to reuse, recover and recycle waste which comes from products they produce.
The types of waste include waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE), waste packaging and waste batteries. These are important waste streams which need to be reduced due to their impact on the environment. The UK must meet its national targets for recovery and recycling of these wastes set under European Union (EU) Directives.
In UK law, these directives are carried out through regulations. There are regulations for WEEE, waste packaging and waste batteries.
Under these regulations 'producers' are businesses who import, make or sell products which end up becoming waste packaging, waste batteries or WEEE, when they are thrown away. If you are a producer you will have to register directly with the Environment Agency or through a compliance scheme.
Follow the links and guidance below to find out if you are a producer and how to register:
Waste packaging - find out what you need to do
Producers, compliance schemes, and reprocessors and exporters of waste packaging can find out more information by using the links in this section.
To find out if you are a producer and if the law affects you, please read the following document:
If you are a producer you can find out how to register on the following page:
What's new in producer responsibility?
Keep up-to-date with the latest news on Producer Responsibility in our quarterly newsletter for customers and stakeholders, which you can download here:
How to contact us
If you need any further information on waste packaging and producer responsibility then please try one of the following:
Producer Responsibility Regulatory Service
The Producer Responsibility Regulatory Service (PRRS) is responsible for registering producers and compliance schemes. You can contact PRRS by email:
How to report a business which is not complying
Call 0800 023 2090 if you know of a producer who is not complying with their obligations to register or recover/recycle packaging waste.
National Packaging Waste Database support
If you have any problems using NPWD, call the support line: 08708 506 506.
General enquiries
Call our National Customer Contact Centre on 08708 506 506 for general information.
Public Registers
Packaging public registers can be found on the NPWD:
