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At the annual LARAC Conference on 9 October 2024, Margaret Bates, head of the scheme administrator for extended producer responsibility for packaging…
On 30 September 2024, Defra published the second version of the illustrative base fees for the extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR).…
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has released a document detailing the initial base fees for new Extended Producer…
The newly elected Labour government has announced plans to accelerate the introduction of a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), moving it forward from…
Research last year from Material Focus showed that of disposable single-use vapes thrown away has soared from 1.3 million to nearly five…
Recent data published by HMRC has highlighted that the Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) brought in £42 million more than forecast in 2022/23.…
As the dust settles on Defra’s announcement that payments under extended producer responsibility will be delayed, pressure has ramped up on the…
While we await clarity on extended producer responsibility (EPR) in the upcoming years, significant policy developments have emerged in the past week,…
The UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has emphasised its unwavering stance on the implementation of the extended producer…
Producers in Wales, supported by industry association British Glass, are calling on the Welsh Government to reconsider its decision to include glass…
