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Producer responsibility impacts on local authority waste and recycling services
28 Apr 2026
Zoe Goodman (MCIWM), Principal Consultant, Valpak by Reconomy
Producer responsibility reforms are actively reshaping waste and recycling services, shifting costs, responsibility and influence upstream, but local authorities remain central to delivery. Packaging EPR (pEPR) has fundamentally changed how household packaging waste is funded. Producers now pay the full net efficient cost of collecting, managing...
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