Yesterday DEFRA published fee estimates for what large producers will be charged for year 2 of the EPR (2026-2027) per tonne of Household packaging, including Fee Modulation due to RAM.

Note – these are not confirmed but just an estimate to assist with budgeting. The precise fees for year 2 will be published in mid 2026 (once all of the 2025 data reporting has been finalised).

With the modulation factor being incorporated for the first time we already knew that 𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 +20%, however we did not know how much fee reduction GREEN packaging would be charged and now we do, and unfortunately 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 -9%.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞:

• The Other categories (e.g. textile, cork etc) have seen a 15% decrease in base rate from £259 to £225 – however as most Other packaging will be RED rated an Other tonne will likely be £270All RAM rated GREEN packaging will get a 9% fee reduction
• All RAM rated RED packaging will get a 20% fee increase
• The wood base rate has increased by 60% from £280 to £450 – and as most Wood will be RED rated a Wood tonne will likely be £540
• The Fibre-based composite base rate has increased by 14% from £461 to £525 – and as most Fibre-based composite will be RED rated a Fibre-based composite Tonne will likely be £630

We knew the fees would be increasing and now we have a bit more meat on the bones to help with budgeting. However, the key to greatly reducing your fees is in understanding your RAM #RecyclabilityAssessments.

Contact Us if you would like a demo of our Recyclability Assessment Tool and see why our clients are saying that it is so much simpler than anything else they´ve seen.

Full details of the Fees are available here.