Packaging EPR
Packaging EPR for beauty brands.
If you put branded, filled beauty products on the UK market, packaging EPR almost certainly applies to you. The data burden falls on the packaging you rarely look at: pumps, closures, labels and cartons.
What you report
Packaging weight by material, by packaging class, split between household and non-household, per reporting period, with a recyclability rating for household packaging from 2026 onwards.
What it costs
Waste disposal fees are charged per tonne by material. From the 2026/27 year the amber rate is the base fee, red packaging pays more and green packaging pays less. The difference across a range of a few hundred SKUs is material.
Why master data matters more than the CSV
The government return is one output. The durable asset is knowing exactly what each SKU is packaged in, when that packaging changed, where each fact came from and who approved it. BeautyPack is built around that asset, so reporting, RAM, fee forecasting and redesign all draw from the same record.