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CBRM seeks provincial approval for mandatory needle recycling fees
The Cape Breton Regional Municipality is starting a campaign to have the Nova Scotia government add used needles and sharps to its extended producer responsibility law, hoping to make manufacturers and distributors financially responsible for cleanup.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cbrm-asks-province-mandatory-needle-recycling-fees-9.7164777?cmp=rss

Waste Badger Apr 14

Vinarchy UK hit with £8million packaging tax https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2026/04/vinarchy-uk-hit-with-8million-packaging-tax/
#EPR #ExtendedProducerResponsibility

CCIA Europe Mar 26

🌍 Building a #climate-neutral economy requires an EU-wide system with practical rules. 🚧 Yet, today’s overlapping national requirements on #ExtendedProducerResponsibility prevent that from happening.

📄 Discover the full joint statement: https://ccianet.org/library/joint-statement-on-authorised-representative-for-extended-producer-responsibility/

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CCIA Europe Jan 9

Simplification of #ExtendedProducerResponsibility: "We welcome the @EU_Commission's efforts to cut the red tape regarding authorised representatives."

@LeoVenez: "These practical fixes will help businesses operate more efficiently."

👉 https://ccianet.org/news/2025/12/commissions-environmental-omnibus-falls-short-of-needed-ambition-digital-sector-stresses/

Waste Badger Oct 16, 2025

#Biffa insists #EPR changes will 'create new opportunities' for businesses to cut costs https://www.packagingnews.co.uk/news/biffa-insists-epr-changes-will-create-new-opportunities-for-businesses-to-cut-costs-15-10-2025
#ExtendedProducerResponsibility

CCIA Europe Jun 20, 2025

#ExtendedProducerResponsibility is key to the #CircularEconomy. 🌱 However, today’s fragmented and complex systems slow progress.

We are calling for a digital #EPR one-stop shop to streamline registration, reporting, and compliance.

🔗 Joint letter: https://ccianet.org/library/joint-statement-epr-digital-oss/

Waste Badger Jun 16, 2025

Packaging #EPR: what you need to know https://beertoday.co.uk/2025/06/15/packaging-epr-0625/
#ExtendedProducerResponsibility

Waste Badger May 2, 2025

#PackUK rushes out changes to #EPR plans in bid to avert red tape chaos https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/packuk-rushes-out-changes-to-epr-plans-in-bid-to-avert-red-tape-chaos/703988.article
#ExtendedProducerResponsibility

PackUK rushes out changes to EPR plans in bid to avert red tape chaos

PackUK this week released a hurriedly updated version of the controversial new traffic light system

The Grocer

Waste Badger Apr 29, 2025

#BritishGlass director: UK’s packaging #EPR rules undermine circular economy https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/uk-epr-tax-glass-impact.html
#ExtendedProducerResponsibility

British Glass director: UK’s packaging EPR rules undermine circular economy

The UK’s packaging EPR (pEPR) unfairly penalizes glass, according to Nick Kirk, director at British Glass, who tells us that while the scheme claims to support circularity, it undermines environmental sustainability. We sit down with Kirk to discuss pEPR’s effect on the glass and the hospitality sectors. “Without change, pEPR risks damaging a sector that supports thousands of jobs and offers truly circular, endlessly recyclable packaging. Government must act to fix these flaws before lasting harm is done,” says Kirk.

CNS Media.

Jules she/her Apr 29, 2025

‘You sold it – now recycle it’: the protesters mailing worn-out clothes to the shops they bought them from
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/29/you-sold-it-now-recycle-it-the-protesters-mailing-worn-out-clothes-to-the-shops-they-bought-them-from?

#TextileWaste #SyntheticFibres #CircularEconomy #ExtendedProducerResponsibility #TakeItBack

‘You sold it – now recycle it’: the protesters mailing worn-out clothes to the shops they bought them from

Charity shops won’t take them. Councils incinerate them. Retailers dump them on the global south. We’re running out of ideas on how to deal with our used clothes – and the rag mountain just keeps growing

The Guardian