Extended Producer Responsibility
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