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."
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."
#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/
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.
‘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
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