{"id":483,"date":"2024-07-16T21:15:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T20:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwest-environmental.co.uk\/blog\/?p=483"},"modified":"2024-07-18T10:44:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T09:44:00","slug":"extended-producer-responsibility-packaging-reporting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southwest-environmental.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/07\/16\/extended-producer-responsibility-packaging-reporting\/","title":{"rendered":"Extended Producer Responsibility – Packaging Reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Extended Producer Responsibility – Packaging Reporting<\/h2>\n

EPR – Enormous Paperwork Route \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

As of around now (April 2024) Companies in the UK above a certain size (turnover) and handling more than 25 tons of packaging will need to start reporting this to the Government.<\/p>\n

If you are over the thresholds for turnover \/ size then after that it becomes quite difficult to decide what does and doesn’t apply to your organisation!<\/p>\n

Some of Easier Checks<\/h2>\n

“You must collect data about the packaging you\u2019ve supplied within the UK market or imported into the UK\u00a0for 2023 and from 2024 onward.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So you have to count packaging you import or <\/i>supplied to UK market. But what does that mean.<\/p>\n

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This picture shows a large pile of 25 litre plastic drums piled up in the heap.<\/p><\/div>\n

Example of Extended Producer Responsibility<\/h2>\n

A fruit distributor imports reusable wooden crates full of apples to the UK, and then packs them in to small plastic crates, lined with disposable plastic film. So of the crates are new, and other reused. The reusable crates are sent back to france, and some of the plastic crates are returned to the distributor for refilling.<\/p>\n

What do you keep a record of?<\/h2>\n