On 25 July 2023 the UK government announced that increased extended producer responsibility (âEPRâ) fees for packaging waste will be deferred by a year from October 2024 to 2025. In the same week the government also launched a consultation on the draft legislation to implement the new EPR regime which will include the introduction of mandatory packaging recyclability markings for the UK market. The current producer responsibility regime for packaging waste has been operational in…
