UK's second consultation for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Reform closed on June 4th, 2021. The consultation response was published in March 2022. The aim is to implement EPR in a phased manner from 2024. The changes will include:

Reporting

• Differentiated pricing based on recyclability [eco-modulation].
• Introducing modulated fees based on recyclability from 2025.
• Going from one annual packaging compliance report to two with expanded details.
• Additional reporting requirements on the supply into different the UK regions.

Costs

• Producers to pay the costs of managing household packaging waste.

• Costs are expected to increase significantly; 2019 Producer costs approx. £400m, updated estimate £1.7b.

Redefined obligated businesses

• Six suggested categories of producers and one compliance point for each piece of packaging
• Individual businesses may take on more than one obligation

Mandatory labelling

• To help consumers understand if a packaging item is recyclable.

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