Update on producer fees for Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (EPR)

The official update on the introduction of fees regarding Extended Producer Responsibility – Packaging legislation. This is based on the producer-pays concept, which we will see more use of as a driver to reduce waste and force companies to reuse, remanufacture, and recycle materials.

This article applies to all four administrations of the UK.  To prepare businesses for the implementation of the packaging EPR scheme, the four UK administrations have today published the first in a series of illustrative base fees. You can access the illustrative base fees on gov.uk. We ask that businesses read through the full information published on gov.uk. Join the…