Laws & policies / United Kingdom
UK — Extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR)
- Type
- EPR scheme
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom
- Current stage
- in application
- Impact
- high
- Last verified change
- 11 Dec 2024
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 set extended producer responsibility for packaging in the UK. Large producers must report packaging data, meet recycling obligations with PRNs or PERNs, and pay a waste disposal fee for household packaging to PackUK, the scheme administrator; small producers have fewer obligations.
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Timeline of verified changes
- 11 Dec 2024 → adoptedThe Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/1332) were made on 11 December 2024.
Source quote
These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024.