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Welcome to the National Packaging Waste Database

Important Notice

Due to essential maintenance, NPWD will be unavailable from 5.30pm on Friday 17th of July to midday on Saturday the 18th of July.

Reprocessors and Exporters should note that you will be unable to submit your Quarter 2 returns during this time. If you have any concerns regarding the downtime, or experience any difficulty using NPWD subsequent to the maintenance, please contact the appropriate agency:

In England and Wales: 08708 506 506 - Producer Responsibility Regulatory Services
In Scotland: 01786 457 700 – Producer Responsibility Team
In Northern Ireland: 028 9056 9383 – Producer Responsibility Unit

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The Development of NPWD

NPWD has been rolled out in a number of phases. Phase one went live on 1 April 2006 and allowed the online submission of quarterly returns by reprocessors and exporters. Phase two went live on the 1 February 2007 and allowed compliance schemes and direct registrants to register with us online. A further major development was in September 2007 which allowed reprocessors and exporters to apply for accreditation online . In spring 2008 extra functionality on monitoring of free-riders was added.

NPWD provides the following functionality:

on-line registration for producers registering directly with an agency
on-line registration for compliance schemes
on-line accreditation of reprocessors and exporters
issuing of 'Electronic Packaging Waste Recovery Notes' (ePRNs) and 'Electronic Packaging Waste Export Recovery Notes' (ePERNs) (from February 2007 ePRNs and ePERNs are the only evidence the agencies will accept for the fulfilment of producers obligations)
on-line submission of quarterly returns by reprocessors and exporters
electronic statements and certificates of compliance
compliance monitoring of producers, schemes, reprocessors and exporters by the Agencies
free-rider monitoring
public registers and reports.

Reprocessor/Exporter data request – NPWD

Dear reprocessor/exporter

In light of the current global economic conditions, the Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP) has suggested that more timely data on recycling and recovery activity would assist the Government to monitor changes in markets more closely. You may already be aware of the recently increased frequency of the pricing reports produced by WRAP and more frequent information on volumes of packaging recovered would usefully complement this information.

To this end we would be very grateful if all exporters and reprocessors could update NPWD on a monthly basis during Q1 and Q2 of 2009.

Please note that we are interested in data on tonnages received and tonnages reprocessed/exported, irrespective of whether a PRN has been written on those tonnages.

This is of course purely voluntary, but your participation in this would be greatly appreciated, as early access to the data could allow Defra to respond more quickly to any changes in the market.

The National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) is a web-based database supported by the Environment Agency, Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), the Northern Ireland Environment Protection Agency, the Advisory Committee on Packaging, companies obligated by the packaging regulations, reprocessors, exporters and compliance schemes.

User Guide

Download a guide on how to use NPWD here.

Frequently Asked Qustions (FAQs)

We have updated our FAQs. To view our FAQs click here.

NPWD Support – how to get further help

For technical queries about how to use NPWD and for reporting problems phone 08708 506506.

For business and regulatory queries call: -

In England and Wales: 08708 506 506
In Scotland: 01786 457700 – Producer Responsibility Team
In Northern Ireland: 028 9056 9383

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