Reporting requirements come into force for EPR for packaging
Reporting requirements for the UK's Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) scheme for packaging came into force this week.
Firms supplying household packaging will be responsible for the costs of dealing with packaging waste, moving costs away from councils and council taxpayers.The pEPR aims to make it easier for consumers to recycle packaging waste.
Producers will be required to pay an pEPR fee towards the costs of collecting and managing household packaging waste, currently borne by local authorities, to encourage producers to reduce the amount of packaging they place on the market, and to improve the recyclability of their packaging.
In turn, all obligated packaging producers in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland must collect information on the amount and type of packaging they have supplied during 2023. Wales will follow shortly.
Producers with a turnover greater than £2mln and who handle more than 50t of packaging each year must also report this information to the Environment Agency twice a year.The first reports must be submitted from 1 October 2023.
Before decisions are made about the final shape of the scheme, information will be gathered from affected businesses, to provide a basis for establishing the packaging waste management fees individual producers will pay in 2024.
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