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Philip Duffy appointed new Environment Agency Chief Executive
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Philip Duffy has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Environment Agency (EA) and will start in the role on 1 July.
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First published.
Businesses approved to export to the EU
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Use the lists to check if your business in Great Britain or one of the Crown Dependencies is approved to export to the EU and find out what your TRACES number is.
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Updated the lists of businesses approved to export to the EU.
Extended producer responsibility for packaging: who is affected and what to do
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How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
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We’ve changed the title of the guidance as the regulations are now in force. We’ve made minor changes to the style, order, and some terminology to make the guidance clearer and to reflect the fact that the regulations are now in force. We’ve also updated the following sections, to make them clearer: Packaging activities; What you may need to do; PRNs and PERNs; Check if you need to report nation data; Collecting and reporting your packaging data; Information about fees. We’ve added a new section titled ‘When to collect and report your data for 2023’.
Packaging data: what to collect for extended producer responsibility
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A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
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We’ve changed the title of the guidance. We’ve made minor changes to the style, order and some terminology to make the guidance clearer and to reflect the fact that the regulations are now in force. We’ve clarified that this guidance applies to England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. We’ve added a new section titled ‘When to collect and report your data for 2023’. We’ve updated the names of the 4 different data categories. We’ve also updated the following sections to make them clearer: ‘Supplied under your brand’ packaging; ‘Imported’ packaging; Household and non-household packaging; Drinks containers; Reusable packaging; Self-managed waste; Primary packaging; How parent companies should report data; Check if you need to report nation data; How your data will be used; Examples of how to report data. We’ve added information about multi-material packaging.
Packaging data: how to create your file for extended producer responsibility
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How to structure your packaging data submission. It includes information about the different types of data you need to submit and the codes you need to use.
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First published.
