Consultation outcome

Packaging and packaging waste: introducing Extended Producer Responsibility

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
This consultation has concluded

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Summary of responses and government response

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Summary of responses and government response (Welsh version)

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Consultation response analysis

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Final impact assessment

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Final impact assessment (Welsh version)

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Detail of outcome

The reforms will implement Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging from 2024. We will focus on producer payments for managing household packaging waste and packaging in street bins managed by local authorities and will appoint a scheme administrator to oversee this system. We will continue [for the time being] with the Packaging Waste Recycling Note System in parallel, to demonstrate recycling obligations have been met.

Defra and the devolved administrations will continue to work with industry groups to explore payment options for commercially-collected packaging waste, and will establish a task force to develop the evidence and undertake analysis of options. This will inform a review of EPR in 2026 to 2027.

Detail of feedback received

We received 1,241 responses to this consultation.


Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on our plans to introduce an Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for packaging.

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Consultation description

We want to know what you think about our plans to introduce an Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for packaging.

This will mean that packaging producers will pay the full cost of managing packaging once it becomes waste. This will encourage producers to use less packaging and use more recyclable materials, reducing the amount of hard to recycle packaging placed on the market.

We are seeking your views on how the scheme will operate, including:

  • scheme design
  • scheme governance
  • implementation timelines
  • how the scheme will be enforced

Updates to this page

Published 24 March 2021
Last updated 29 March 2022 + show all updates
  1. Added the Welsh version of the summary of responses document.

  2. Added the summary of responses, responses analysis report and impact assessments.

  3. Added detail of feedback received.

  4. First published.

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