Between now and 2025, UK Producers will experience significant changes in how they will be required to report their data and in the way compliance fees will be determined and charged. It is important that you are aware of these changes and how they will impact your business.
SUP Straws, Cotton Buds and Drink Stirrers banned from October 1st. Leftover supplies may be sold until April 1st 2021. Drinks products with single-use plastic straws attached to packaging banned from July 2021.
DEFRA’s Second Consultation on EPR Reform will look at policy matters and is due in early 2021 (date TBC). All producers and stakeholders will be invited to respond on how they believe the new system should operate. Click here for further details.
Fee for plastic shopping bags in England will double to 10p from April 2021 and apply to all retail outlets. Originally introduced in 2015 at 5p per bag with exemptions for smaller retailers, this will no longer be the case.
A UK Plastic Packaging tax is planned for April 2022. Rates are set at £200 per tonne of plastic packaging, manufactured or imported with less than 30% recycled content. Click here for further details.
Scotland is scheduled to introduce a drinks containers deposit return scheme (DRS) by 1st July 2022. Similar DRS schemes are due to be introduced in England and Wales from 2023.
Major reforms of the existing Packaging Producer Responsibility and PRN systems are intended for implementation by 2023. Significant changes are anticipated with fees expected to rise substantially above current levels
The Resources and Waste Strategy for England has made clear its ambition to mirror the targets set by the UK Plastic Pact, with all plastic packaging required to be recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025.
As part of the Resources and Waste Strategy for England (2018) a strategic ambition to work towards eliminating food waste going to landfill by 2030.