[ News listing ](/insights/insight " News listing") 08 Jan. 2023 ## What is the DEFRA Obligation Checker? The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) released an online **[‘obligation checker’](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-if-you-need-to-report-packaging-data "DEFRA EPR Obligation Checker")** to help businesses understand whether they are obligated to collect data under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging. The interactive tool will help people assess whether they meet the thresholds set out below. **Use the tool to find:** - If the regulations apply to you - Whether you’ll need to pay a fee - What you need to do next to comply with the regulations **You'll need to know:** - Your annual turnover - The ways that your organisation handles and supplies packaging - The total weight (in tonnes) of packaging you handled and supplied in 2022 ## ## Understanding Your EPR Obligations To understand the obligations under Extended Producer Responsibility, it is important to differentiate between two distinct sets of obligations. The first is the waste cost and recycling obligations, with an obligation to report placed on the market data, meet recycling obligations, and pay disposal costs for Local Authority collected waste. The second is the nation of sale obligation, with an obligation to report where packaging is disposed of, broken down by nation within the UK. Charities and non-UK organisations that do not operate in the UK do not need to report their packaging data, and therefore the checker may not be applicable. ### January Policy News **>** [Environmental Agency: General Guidance on POPs Waste](/policy-news/environment-agency-general-guidance-pops-waste "Environmental Agency: General Guidance on POPs Waste") **>** [COP15: Update on Biodiversity](/policy-news/cop15-update-biodiversity "COP15: Update on Biodiversity") **>** [DEFRA: Environment Act 2021 - Environmental Targets Concluded](/policy-news/defra-environment-act-2021 "DEFRA: Environment Act 2021 - Environmental Targets Concluded") ### Veolia News & Updates **>** [Expanding clinical & medical waste services](https://www.veolia.co.uk/press-releases/veolia-expands-clinical-and-medical-waste-management-services-reduce-carbon-and "Expanding clinical and medical waste services") **>** [A new milestone for delivering renewable energy](/press-releases/veolia-passes-new-milestone-delivering-renewable-electricity-uk "A new milestone in delivering renewable energy") **>** [Waste & recycling partnership with Hammersmith & Fulham](/press-releases/veolia-signs-new-waste-and-recycling-partnership-hammersmith-fulham-council "Recycling and waste partnership with Hammersmith and Fulham") **>** [Major steps forward in renewable energy generation at wastewater treatment works](/press-releases/veolia-makes-major-step-forward-renewable-energy-generation-scotlands-largest "Major steps forward in renewable energy generation at wastewater treatment works") **>** [Exceeding target savings for CEF energy contracts](/press-releases/veolia-exceeds-target-savings-first-cef-energy-contract-ireland "Exceeding target savings for CEF energy contracts") ### - Further Reading - [ ![Veolia UK _ Deposit Return Scheme](/sites/g/files/dvc1681/files/styles/content_push_teaser/public/image/2019/07/DSR.png.webp?itok=DUmgK0A4) ](https://www.veolia.co.uk/insights/insights/scottish-government-deposit-return-scheme-update "DESNZ: Support for energy and trade intensive businesses") [DESNZ: Support for energy and trade intensive businesses](https://www.veolia.co.uk/insights/insights/scottish-government-deposit-return-scheme-update "DESNZ: Support for energy and trade intensive businesses") [Read More](https://www.veolia.co.uk/insights/insights/scottish-government-deposit-return-scheme-update) [ ![](/sites/g/files/dvc1681/files/styles/content_push_teaser/public/image/2021/05/AdobeStock_277021842_0.jpeg.webp?itok=dK3L9Hs7) ](https://www.veolia.co.uk/insights/insights/desnz-new-power-line-deliver-clean-power-18-million-uk-homes "DESNZ: New power-line to deliver clean power to 1.8 million UK homes") [DESNZ: New power-line to deliver clean power to 1.8 million UK homes](https://www.veolia.co.uk/insights/insights/desnz-new-power-line-deliver-clean-power-18-million-uk-homes "DESNZ: New power-line to deliver clean power to 1.8 million UK homes") [Read More](https://www.veolia.co.uk/insights/insights/desnz-new-power-line-deliver-clean-power-18-million-uk-homes) [ ![#1 Plastics (PET)](/sites/g/files/dvc1681/files/styles/content_push_teaser/public/image/2023/03/Screenshot%202023-03-23%2009.25.15.png.webp?itok=UkpO_AIe) ](https://www.veolia.co.uk/insights/insights/hm-treasury-reforms-plastic-tax-boost-chemical-recycling "HM Treasury: Reforms to Plastic Tax to boost chemical recycling") [HM Treasury: Reforms to Plastic Tax to boost chemical recycling](https://www.veolia.co.uk/insights/insights/hm-treasury-reforms-plastic-tax-boost-chemical-recycling "HM Treasury: Reforms to Plastic Tax to boost chemical recycling") [Read More](https://www.veolia.co.uk/insights/insights/hm-treasury-reforms-plastic-tax-boost-chemical-recycling)