Packaging and packaging waste: introducing Extended Producer Responsibility

We want to know what you think about our plans to introduce an Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for packaging.

This will mean that packaging producers will pay the full cost of managing packaging once it becomes waste. This will encourage producers to use less packaging and use more recyclable materials, reducing the amount of hard to recycle packaging placed on the market.

We are seeking your views on how the scheme will operate, including:

• scheme design
• scheme governance
• implementation timelines
• how the scheme will be enforced