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Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging: local authority compliance, payments and data duties in England and Wales, and links to Simpler Recycling and the Deposit Return Scheme

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The extended producer responsibility (EPR) regime for packaging and packaging waste

The extended producer responsibility (EPR) regime for packaging and packaging waste shifts the entire cost of managing household packaging waste from households to packaging producers, placing on them accountability for their packaging costs throughout its lifecycle. Lower charges apply to sustainable packaging, incentivising designs that use fewer materials and are easier to recycle. Under EPR, Local Authorities (LAs) receive producer-funded payments covering the net costs of collecting, managing, recycling and disposing of this household packaging waste. EPR is governed by the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/1332 (as amended). These regulations define a range of persons and bodies with specific functions within the regime. These are:

producers—these are the principal duty holders
compliance schemes
the Scheme Administrator (SA) (PackUK)
‘relevant authorities’ which are LAs as household waste collection and disposal authorities responsible for household waste services
reprocessors and exporters
the ‘appropriate agency’—in England, the Environment Agency (EA) and in Wales, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) (references throughout this Practice Note to the EA as the appropriate agency include NRW as the appropriate agency in Wales)
‘appropriate authorities’—the Secretary of State in England and...

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