🛡️ COMPLIANCE CHECKER · EPR / PPT EXPOSURE TOOL

How much is plastic packaging actually costing you?

UK Plastic Packaging Tax + Extended Producer Responsibility hit producers and importers handling ≥10 tonnes/year. Enter your numbers below — see your real exposure, the verification you'd need to neutralise it, and how many meals each verified tonne would fund. No login. Public tool. Built on the 2025/26 rates.

PPT RATE · 2025/26

£223.69/t

< 30% recycled

EPR BASE FEE · PLASTIC

£485/t

2025/26 indicative

DPRN VALUE

£450/t

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SOCIAL CONVERSION

40 meals/t

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📊 STEP 1 · YOUR EXPOSURE

Tell us about your operation

Industry / Sector

Annual plastic packaging (tonnes)

Current recycled content (%)

Current recycling / disposal method

📬 OPTIONAL — get verified

Leave contact details to receive your custom compliance pack and a path to verified material via The Carrot.

Your name

Company

Phone (optional)

🛡️ STEP 2 · YOUR RESULT

Your compliance picture

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Fill the form to see your real exposure, the verification needed to neutralise it, and the social outcome of doing so.

📜 Doctrine note. This calculator does not replace HMRC PPT-200 self-assessment or your EPR scheme administrator data submission. It exists so producers can see — in plain English — that compliance via verified material plus £450/tonne dPRN value-back plus 40 meals per tonne is structurally cheaper than the alternative. Numbers stored only if you provide contact details. We never share them. Cross-references: EPR Shield · The Carrot · MD-432 The ESG Block · Live Ledger.