There have been many consultations with regard to extended producer responsibility and the packaging waste system in the UK.
Below we list some of the latest consultations and useful documents. As of mid-2019, a major consultation on the future of the packaging waste system in the UK had closed. This was linked to the 2018 Resources and Waste Strategy and once the responses have been analysed, the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs is expected to put forward firmer proposals to change the packaging waste system within a further consultation document. The Scottish Government has also recently confirmed details of the Scottish Deposit Return Scheme.
- Scottish Government deposit return scheme (May 2019)
- Consultation on reforming the UK packaging producer responsibility system (February 2019)
- Consultation on Consistency in Household and business recycling collections in England (February 2019)
- Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (February 2019)
- HM Treasury Plastic Packaging Tax (February 2019)
- Defra Resources and Waste Strategy “Our waste, our resources: a strategy for England” (December 2018)
- A Deposit Return Scheme for Scotland (June 2018)
- HM Treasury call for evidence on Tackling the plastic problem: using the tax system or charges to address single-use plastic waste (March 2018)
- Defra call for evidence on voluntary and economic incentives to reduce littering of drinks containers and promote recycling (October 2017)
- Defra Review of The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007: post implementation review 2017 (July 2017)
- Consultation on changes to packaging recycling business targets for paper, steel, aluminium, wood and overall recovery and recycling for 2018-2020 (November 2016 – January 2017)
- Consolidation of the Packaging Waste Regulations (March – May 2016) and summary of responses (December 2016)
- Consultation on changes to the plastic packaging recycling business targets for 2016 & 2017 and new plastic and glass targets for 2018-20 (November – December 2015)
- Making Things Last: Consultation on creating a more Circular Economy in Scotland (August – October 2015)
- EU circular economy consultation (May-August 2015)
- Scottish Packaging Recovery Note Feasibility Study (May 2015)
- Definition of contamination in relation to packaging waste – ACP consultation (April-May 2015)
- Batteries and Packaging Waste: Reducing the burden for producers consultation (March-May 2015)
- Plastic Flow 2014 (December 2014)
- The Producer Responsiblity Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (November 2014)
