Find large producers on the ‘report packaging data’ service
Find large organisations (‘producers’) who have reported their data using the report packaging data (RPD) service.
You can check lists of producers who have reported their waste packaging data for 2023 and 2024.
For some packaging activities, these lists may help you work out who is responsible for reporting data. You may also need a record of this information for audits, or questions from the environmental regulator.
‘Report packaging data’ is part of the extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging service. Find out more about EPR.
What the lists do and do not cover
There are 2 lists. One covers data submitted for 2023, the other data submitted for 2024.
The lists cover large producers who have reported their data. They do not cover large producers who are required to report their data but have not.
The lists cover whether an organisation you may work with is classified as a large producer. They do not cover the activities a large producer performs.
This data has been submitted by producers. Defra and the environmental regulators have not corrected any inaccuracies. The accuracy of the data will increase as more producers submit or re-submit data.
The lists are not definitive. If you are unsure whether an organisation is a large producer, or who is responsible for an activity, check with them directly.
Groups and subsidiaries
If a parent company has submitted details for its subsidiaries, the lists will show those details.
If the parent company has listed subsidiaries but has not submitted further details for them, the lists only show details for the parent company.
These details include information such as Companies House numbers. Where the Companies House number of a subsidiary organisation has not been listed, the Companies House number of the parent organisation is shown.
What is classed as a ‘large producer’
On the report packaging data service, an organisation is ‘large’ if it:
- has an annual turnover of more than £2 million
- is responsible for handling more than 50 tonnes of empty packaging or packaged goods in the UK
What the lists are for
You may want to use the lists if you do any of the following activities:
- import filled branded packaging on behalf of a brand owner that is not a large producer
- own an online marketplace that allows non-UK organisations to sell empty packaging into the UK
- manufacture or import empty packaging and supply it within the UK
- pack or fill branded packaging
If you’re unsure, check the section on packaging activities in the ‘Packaging data: what to collect’ guidance.
How it works
Download the CSV file for the year you want to check. Search the list to find whether you have worked with a large organisation that has reported data.
If an organisation you work with is on the list
You will need to establish what activity they perform on the packaging that you supply to them, as they may be responsible for reporting that packaging.
If you supply packaging to a large producer and that producer does not pack or fill the packaging, or add their brand to the packaging, you are likely to be responsible for reporting it.
If an organisation you work with is not on the list
You may be responsible for reporting the packaging. You should check with the large organisation if you are unsure.