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[[Category:Legislation & Policy]]
[[Category:Legislation & Policy]]
[[Producer Responsibility]] enshrines the principle that the producers of goods should take greater responsibility for the management of those goods at the end of their useful life, especially for their take-back, recycling, and disposal. In the UK it is embedded through [[The Producer Responsibility Obligations]]. There are currently UK-wide producer responsibility schemes in place <ref>[file:///G:/My%20Drive/Reports/DEFRA/waste-management-plan-for-england-2021.pdf  Waste Management Plan for England 2021]</ref> for:
[[Producer Responsibility]] enshrines the principle that the producers of goods should take greater responsibility for the management of those goods at the end of their useful life, especially for their take-back, recycling, and disposal. In the UK it is embedded through [[The Producer Responsibility Obligations]]. There are currently UK-wide producer responsibility schemes in place <ref>[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/955897/waste-management-plan-for-england-2021.pdf  Waste Management Plan for England 2021]</ref> for:
* [[Packaging Waste]] - [[PRN]] system.
* [[Packaging Waste]] - [[PRN]] system.
* [[End-of-Life Vehicles]] ([[ELV]])
* [[End-of-Life Vehicles]] ([[ELV]])
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* [[Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment]] ([[WEEE]])
* [[Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment]] ([[WEEE]])


The existing system is currently under review to review the existing Producer Responsibility systems, and develop new '''Extended Producer Responsibility''' (EPR) schemes.
The existing system is currently under review to review the existing Producer Responsibility systems, and also develop new [[Extended Producer Responsibility]] schemes.


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 13:09, 1 February 2021

Producer Responsibility enshrines the principle that the producers of goods should take greater responsibility for the management of those goods at the end of their useful life, especially for their take-back, recycling, and disposal. In the UK it is embedded through The Producer Responsibility Obligations. There are currently UK-wide producer responsibility schemes in place [1] for:

The existing system is currently under review to review the existing Producer Responsibility systems, and also develop new Extended Producer Responsibility schemes.

References