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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>. | ||
Revision as of 13:19, 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