Draft Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 have now been sent to the European Union (EU) and World Trade Organisation (WTO), as announced by Defra on 1 May 2024.
On 24 April, the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) was approved, introducing new measures to make packaging more sustainable and reduce packaging waste within the EU.
The unverified Q1 2024 recycling figures released by the Environment Agency indicate good recycling performance in most materials, with only glass and aluminium of concern so far.
Defra confirmed at a recent EPR Business Readiness Forum that the EPR mandatory labelling requirement for all packaging will now start from 1 April 2027.
The Q4 verified recycling figures released by the Environment Agency indicate a reasonably performing quarter and a strong year overall for 2023.
Amendments to the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging data regulations are currently moving through parliament, ready to be passed by the end of March.
North West Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) and Bracknell Forest Council are the last two local authorities to join the Flexible Plastic Fund (FPF) FlexCollect flexible plastic collection project.
A provisional agreement has been reached on the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).
The world’s first United Nations-backed International Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Resource Management in the Circular Economy will be established in the UK.