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[[Extended Producer Responsibility]] ([[EPR]]) is an environmental policy approach through which a producer's responsibility for a product is extended to the post-use stage<ref>[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/955897/waste-management-plan-for-england-2021.pdf Waste Plan for England Jan 2021]</ref>. | [[Extended Producer Responsibility]] ([[EPR]]) is an environmental policy approach through which a producer's responsibility for a product is extended to the post-use stage<ref>[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/955897/waste-management-plan-for-england-2021.pdf Waste Plan for England Jan 2021]</ref>. | ||
[[DEFRA]] has set out in its Resources and Waste Strategy<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/resources-and-waste-strategy-for-england/resources-and-waste-strategy-at-a-glance</ref> its intention to review existing [[Producer Responsibility]] systems (between 2021 and 2024) and potentially developing new schemes for five new waste streams by 2025 (two by 2022): | |||
* [[Textiles]] | |||
* [[Bulky Waste]] | |||
* Certain materials in the [[Construction and Demolition Waste]] sector | |||
* [[Tyres]] | |||
* Fishing gear | |||
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Revision as of 13:16, 1 February 2021
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is an environmental policy approach through which a producer's responsibility for a product is extended to the post-use stage[1].
DEFRA has set out in its Resources and Waste Strategy[2] its intention to review existing Producer Responsibility systems (between 2021 and 2024) and potentially developing new schemes for five new waste streams by 2025 (two by 2022):
- Textiles
- Bulky Waste
- Certain materials in the Construction and Demolition Waste sector
- Tyres
- Fishing gear