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/

#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/

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

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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.
‘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
Why UK small businesses dread the new packaging tax

The policy, designed to hold producers accountable for packaging waste, may disproportionately impact smaller companies with limited resources.

Packaging Gateway
British retailers face a packaging cost crisis

As the UK prepares for the implementation of its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme in 2025, retailers face significant financial pressure.

Packaging Gateway
OPINION: The impact of EPR on pubs

Global Brands MD Julian Atkins looks at what the new extended producer responsibility will mean for pubs and bars.

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