Packaging Compliance

Please have a look at our checklist to determine if you need to be registered:

• Has your company, or group of companies, handled 50 tons or over of packaging material in the previous year?
• Do you have a turnover of more than £2 Million per year ?

You are officially classified as a handler of packaging if:

• You carry out any of the following activities or have them carried out on your behalf:
  • Raw material manufacturer – produce raw materials for packaging manufacture
  • Packaging conversion – convert raw materials into packaging
  • Packing/filling – put goods into packaging or put packaging around goods
  • Selling – supply packaged goods to the end user
  • Importing – import packaged goods or packaging materials from outside the UK; this includes raw materials that will become packaging, for example, plastic pellets used to make bottles
  • Service provider – a business that supplies packaging by hiring it out or lending it
• Own the packaging on which the activities are carried out
• Supply packaging or packaging materials at any stage in the chain or to the final user of the packaging