Update

Exchange for Change - Producer Fee Consultation Response

Published: 03 September 2026 Updated: 03 September 2026

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Packaging Deposit Return Scheme

Exchange for Change published this document summarising the responses recieved on the Producer Fee consultation, and amendments made to financial modelling which will impact the fee paid by producers within the scheme. 

Exchange for Change published this document summarising the responses recieved on the Producer Fee consultation, and amendments made to financial modelling.

This modelling has also enabled EfC to make a number of updates to assumptions and inputs. The numerical changes relate principally to material sales revenues, with the key changes being the incorporation of a 2% material leakage allowance and increased forecast PET container weights. 

In doing so, they have adopted the proposed stepped Producer Fee approach. This introduces a 15-month period following scheme launch, from October 2027 to December 2028, during which Producer Fees are estimated at 0p.