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Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
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.
How to create a packaging data file for extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging – includes examples, a tool to set up your file, and a specification for the correct codes to use.
This guidance explains your reporting responsibilities as a large producer under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging. It explains 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.
An overview of the recyclability assessment methodology (RAM). Under extended producer responsibility for packaging, large producers must report the recyclability of some packaging materials
Guidance for packaging producers (suppliers, importers, manufacturers, distributors and service providers) and reprocessors and exporters of packaging waste.
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
How to package medicines for sale and what information you must provide to consumers and healthcare professionals.
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