What is extended producer responsibility?
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) will place the full cost of dealing with packaging waste from households on packaging producers (applying the ‘polluter pays principle’).
It will hold producers responsible for the collection, sorting, recycling or disposal of their product packaging.
Introducing this new policy means businesses will be required to fund the total cost of managing their household product packaging from production to disposal.
Will it apply to my business?
The regulations will apply to UK organisations that handle and supply packaging to consumers and to businesses.
You must take action to comply if all the following apply:
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