One of the Department’s objectives for implementing the extended producer responsibility scheme is to incentivise producers and retailers to use fewer, and more easily recyclable, materials in their packaging.27 We received written evidence from Marks and Spencer, a business required to pay fees under the extended responsibility scheme, which stressed the Department needs to provide clarity on the fees it will pay to drive behaviour change to reduce the use of packaging and where packaging is...

One of the Department’s objectives for implementing the extended producer responsibility scheme is to incentivise producers and retailers to use fewer, and more easily recyclable, materials in their packaging.27 We received written evidence from Marks and Spencer, a business required to pay fees under the extended responsibility scheme, which stressed the Department needs to provide clarity on the fees it will pay to drive behaviour change to reduce the use of packaging and where packaging is used, it is recycled.28 Deposit return scheme Type: conclusion | Number: 13 | Response status: accepted Government response: 2.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: November 2024 2.2 All small and large obligated producers must pay a fee to the appropriate regulator of the pEPR scheme on registration. Producers must have registered by 1 October 2023 but the regulators hav