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Producer responsibility laws in the UK cover packaging, electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), batteries and end of life vehicles (ELVs).
Guidance for packaging producers (suppliers, importers, manufacturers, distributors and service providers) and reprocessors and exporters of packaging waste.
If you put EEE on the UK market you must follow rules on both the EEE you sell and the EEE that becomes waste (WEEE).
Find packaging producers, compliance schemes and packaging waste reprocessors and exporters who are subject to extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to apply for compliance scheme approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply.
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Find out if you have obligations as a supplier or importer of packaging or packaged goods under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging – and if you’re a large or small producer.
Understand your reporting responsibilities as a large producer under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging, including how to identify what data you must report and which obligations do not apply to you.
How small producers register and what they must collect, report and pay under the extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging regulations.
Learn about recycling obligations under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging, including how to acquire packaging waste recycling notes (PRNs) and packaging waste export recycling notes (PERNs), and how to submit a certificate or statement of compliance.
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