Recyclability assessment methodology: how to assess your packaging waste
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An overview of the recyclability assessment methodology (RAM). Under extended producer responsibility for packaging, large producers must report the recyclability of some packaging materials
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
An overview of the recyclability assessment methodology (RAM). Under extended producer responsibility for packaging, large producers must report the recyclability of some packaging materials Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Recyclability assessment data: June 2025 regulatory position statement
- Who has to do this
- What packaging you must assess
- Categories of material
- Outputs: the red, amber, green scale
- Materials that are exempt
- Automatic reds ('problematic packaging')
- Medical packaging
- How this will affect what you pay ('modulation')
- What you must report in 2025
- If you need help assessing your packaging
- RAM versions and updates
- This version of the RAM: 1.1
- Who decides these ratings
Source and licence
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
AttributionDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, ‘Recyclability assessment methodology: how to assess your packaging waste’ (updated 4 September 2025), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026