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Amazon UK EPR: WEEE and Packaging Rules for Sellers

Amazon set out its UK EPR arrangements on 28 October 2025. Where your business is registered decides who handles your obligations.

Last updated: 19 September 2026

In brief: UK Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has covered packaging since 1 January 2025 and electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) since 12 August 2025. For sellers whose business isn't established in the UK, Amazon takes on these obligations for Amazon.co.uk sales automatically — calculating the recycling charges, paying them, and taking them out of your seller account along with a £20 yearly fee per category. UK-based sellers are not enrolled automatically and remain responsible for their own EPR.

Which rules apply to you

Your registered business address in Seller Central	What happens
Outside the UK	Automatically enrolled in Amazon's EPR Pay on Behalf service for each relevant category; eco-contributions and a £20 annual fee per category are debited from your account
In the UK	Not enrolled automatically; if you qualify as a producer you register, report and pay yourself

Amazon uses the registered business address in Seller Central to decide where you're established, so make sure it's correct.

Packaging and WEEE in a sentence each

Packaging EPR: producers pay towards the cost of collecting and recycling the packaging they put on the UK market. 2025 charges are based on 2024 packaging weights and local council waste costs.
WEEE EPR: the same principle for electrical and electronic products, from 12 August 2025.

Whether a UK-established seller counts as a "producer" depends on turnover and the amount of packaging or equipment handled. Check the current thresholds on GOV.UK.

What it means for your bookkeeping

Overseas-established sellers

Deductions come out of your Amazon balance. Eco-contributions and service fees reduce your payouts. Post them to their own account (for example "EPR and compliance costs") rather than lumping them in with selling fees.
Watch the reserve. Amazon has used the account-level reserve for EPR charges, which can make a payout look short. From September 2026 the service fee is charged directly instead — see the Pay on Behalf fee change.

UK-established sellers

Your EPR costs arrive outside Amazon. Invoices from the environmental regulators or your compliance scheme are separate purchases — record them as bills, not as part of your Amazon settlements.
Keep the data. Packaging reports rely on weights by material. Your product and supplier records, not your Amazon settlements, are where that comes from.

EPR deductions reduce the payout without being selling fees, a common reason a payout doesn’t match Xero — see also reconciling an Amazon settlement.

How TrueBooks helps

TrueBooks posts every line of each Amazon settlement, including compliance deductions and reserve movements, so EPR charges are visible in Xero and your payouts still reconcile. See the Amazon Xero integration.

Source: Amazon Seller Central announcement, 28 October 2025. TrueBooks is independent and not affiliated with Amazon. General information, not compliance advice.