Consultation on the draft Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024

Following consultations in 2019 and 2021, the UK Government and Devolved Administrations of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales confirmed in March 2022 the proposals to introduce Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging. Since then, we have been working to develop the draft Regulations which will introduce the measures set out in the Government Response of March 2022. We remain committed to introducing measures that work for business, local government, the environment, and the economy and which deliver sustained change. The policy is designed to improve efficiency by placing responsibility on businesses for the environmental impact of their packaging. This to incentivise appropriate use of packaging and the use of recyclable and reusable packaging, and in turn encourage more domestic reprocessing and overall system improvements and savings. This consultation now shares the draft Regulations which will implement Extended Producer Responsibility f