The Collection and Packaging Reforms a summary of the impacts
...The tax and the collection and packaging reforms are complementary policies ? combined they will facilitate a market for recycled plastic material and optimise the environmental benefits associated with each standalone policy....
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/waste-and-recycling/consistency-in-household-and-business-recycling/supporting_documents/Collection%20and%20packaging%20reforms%20summary%20of%20impacts.pdf
Consultation on Reforms to the Packaging Waste Recycling Note (PRN) and ...
...The Government Response to the 2021 consultation on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) outlined our decision to retain the PRN/PERN system as an interim solution for managing payments for non-household packaging waste....
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/packaging-extended-producer-responsibility/reforms-to-the-prn-and-pern-systems/
Impact Assessment: Reforming the packaging producer responsibility ...
...Under the reformed EPR system, producers will become financially responsible for the full costs of collection and treatment of their packaging at end of life. The net costs associated with managing recyclable packaging are lower than those associated with managing packaging in residual waste....
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/extended-producer-responsibility/consultation-on-reforming-the-uk-packaging-produce/supporting_documents/packagingeprconsultimpactassessment.pdf
Impact Assessment - GOV.UK
...Under the EPR system, producers will become financially responsible for the full net costs of the collection and treatment of their packaging at end of life net of any income from the sale of these materials to reprocessing and recycling sectors....
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/extended-producer-responsibility/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging/supporting_documents/Extended%20Producer%20Responsibility%20Impact%20Assessment.pdf
Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging - GOV.UK
...This will provide a roadmap for the implementation of EPR for packaging, including its interactions with related policies such as Deposit Return Schemes across the UK, the introduction of Digital Waste Tracking, and Consistent Collections implementation in England....
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/extended-producer-responsibiity-team/consultation-on-the-draft-producer-responsibility/supporting_documents/Consultation%20on%20the%20draft%20Producer%20Responsibility%20Obligations%20Packaging%20and%20Packaging%20Waste%20Regulations%202024%20.pdf
Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging - GOV.UK
...Overview Following strong support, Government committed to introduce packaging Extended Producer Responsibility following a further consultation. This second consultation focuses on specific policy proposals for its introduction, including the scope of full net costs, producer obligations, scheme governance, regulation of the scheme, and packaging waste recycling targets. The proposals set out ......
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/extended-producer-responsibility/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging/
Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging - GOV.UK
...Targets for other materials will be considered in 2025, allowing time for markets to respond to the changes introduced through Extended Producer Responsibility, deposit return schemes and the Plastic Packaging Tax....
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/extended-producer-responsibility/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging/supporting_documents/23.03.21%20EPR%20Consultation.pdf
Producer obligations: disposable cups takeback - GOV.UK
...7 This is contingent on Government progressing with the wider data reporting SI in 2021 to enable phase 1 of EPR to commence in 2023. ... 8 This is contingent on Government progressing with the wider data reporting SI in 2021 to enable phase 1 of packaging Extended Producer Responsibility to commence in 2023....
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/extended-producer-responsibility/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging/user_uploads/3.-producer-obligations---disposable-cups-takeback.pdf
Payments for managing packaging waste from households
...Payments for managing packaging waste from households 8.1 The costs incurred by local authorities to manage packaging waste from households are estimated at approximately £683 million for recycling and £289m for the management of packaging in the residual stream (2023). Local authorities which operate efficient and effective services will have their full net costs of managing packaging waste ......
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/extended-producer-responsibility/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging/user_uploads/5.-payments-for-managing-packaging-waste---household.pdf
Consultation on consistency in household and business recycling ...
...Budget 2018 announced the introduction of a world leading new tax on the production and import of plastic packaging from April 2022. Subject to consultation, this tax will apply to all plastic packaging which does not contain at least 30% recycled content....
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environmental-quality/resource-and-waste-and-plastic-packaging-tax-consu-1/supporting_documents/recycleconsistencyconsultdoc.pdf