Extended Producer Responsibility

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is an environmental policy approach through which a producer's responsibility for a product is extended to the post-use stage^[1].

The first stage consultation opened in February and closed in May 2019^[2]. The second stage consultation opened in March 2021 and closed in June 2021^[3].

DEFRA has set out in its Resources and Waste Strategy^[4] its intention to review existing Producer Responsibility systems (between 2021 and 2024) and potentially developing new schemes for five new waste streams by 2025 (two by 2022):

Textiles
Bulky Waste
Certain materials in the Construction and Demolition Waste sector
Tyres
Fishing gear

References

[1] Waste Plan for England Jan 2021

[2] ttps://consult.defra.gov.uk/extended-producer-responsibility/consultation-on-reforming-the-uk-packaging-produce/

[3] ttps://consult.defra.gov.uk/extended-producer-responsibility/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging/

[4] ttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/resources-and-waste-strategy-for-england/resources-and-waste-strategy-at-a-glance

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