EPR is due to come into force from October 2025
- “Polluter pays” principle to the manufacturer of products and packaging
- Producers responsible for total cost of managing their products’ packaging from production to disposal
- Includes cost of collecting, sorting, recycling, or disposing of their products’ packaging
• Businesses of all sizes need to be collating waste and recycling data to hit reporting deadlines
- EPR modulated fees due to be introduced October 2025 to March 2026
• October 2025 for first half payment instalment
• January 2026 and March 2026 remaining EPR instalment fees
• Businesses with an annual turnover of £1m or more and responsible for 25 tonnes of packaging may be liable
- For which packaging activities apply contact CIRQLR in your region
- EPR aims is to encourage
• Improved recyclability at product design stage
- Producers to shoulder burden of the cost of packaging waste collection, sorting and recovery, reducing cost burden on Local Authorities
