Consulting firm says packaging EPR system, pushed back to October 2025, ultimately could benefit from additional planning. While saying a one-year delay for a packaging EPR system in the U.K. could ...

A delay to the roll out of extended producer responsibility has caused alarm for councils and led to warnings over delayed procurements and knock-on costs for taxpayers. Local authorities and ...

Defra has said the government needs to “get out of the way” and let the industry run the controversial extended producer responsibility (EPR) tax. It comes amid a row over how money raised from the ...

Numerous hospitality establishments are said to incur dual expenses for recycling. Credit: Adrian Tambo/Shutterstock. The UK government has agreed to investigate a new approach to the Extended ...

The delayed details of the official cost per tonne of glass as part of the government’s EPR scheme have been announced by DEFRA. The final amount will stand at £192 per tonne, a drop of £48 from the ...

UK drinks trade associations have urged the government to address “significant” issues with Extended Producer Responsibility ...

Environment secretary Emma Reynolds has ordered PackUK to dock millions of pounds from local authorities if they fail to spend money raised from the government’s controversial extended producer ...