Extended producer responsibility for packaging: become a compliance scheme
Summary
The Environment Agency explains how packaging compliance schemes can apply for approval and registration, and the obligations they take on for packaging producers. The guidance also notes that approved schemes must meet ongoing conditions, use the report packaging data service, and may face withdrawal of approval or prosecution if they fail to comply.
Why it matters
Residential property surveyors may encounter this through clients involved in property-related packaging supply chains, waste management, or compliance obligations. It is also relevant as a reminder that environmental regulatory duties can carry criminal and civil enforcement consequences.
Key points
- Compliance schemes can assume packaging producer legal obligations for a fee.
- Applications for approval and registration are made through the relevant environmental regulator and the RPD service.
- Approved schemes must meet ongoing conditions to keep approval and registration.
- Non-compliance can lead to withdrawal of approval, cancellation of registration, prosecution, or civil penalties.
- The guidance has been updated for EPR regulations coming into effect on 1 January 2025.
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