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Producer responsibility laws in the UK cover packaging, electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), batteries and end of life vehicles (ELVs).
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
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).
A guide to documenting how you’ve collected your packaging data, known as your ‘methodology’. Online marketplaces affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging must submit a methodology.
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.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Guidance for organisations who may need to report packaging data because they are affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging
If you need to submit packaging data under extended producer responsibility for packaging this example file shows how you must structure your data.
How to structure your packaging data submission. It includes information about the different types of data you need to submit and the codes you need to use.
If you need to submit packaging data under extended producer responsibility for packaging, this spreadsheet can help you generate a valid packaging data file
This guidance explains how to report organisation details for extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging. This is a legal obligation for organisations that are affected by EPR for packaging.
Environment Agency regulatory position on reporting requirements, under the EPR Packaging waste Data Regulations, for large producers and compliance schemes.
Seeking views on our plans to introduce an Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for packaging.
If you need to submit your organisation details under extended producer responsibility for packaging these CSV templates will help you to structure your data correctly.
A consultation on the draft regulations for extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging across the UK.
Seeking views on reforms to increase levels of WEEE reuse and recycling.
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