Jan 26th, 2026
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The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, SI 2025 No. 1369, which were made on 17th December 2025 came into force as of 1st January 2026.
The regulations can be accessed here
These amendment regulations allow a producer responsibility organisation (PRO) to be appointed as well as improving the operational efficiency and providing greater clarity to producers on where obligations sit.
Additionally, producers can now deduct tonnage of recycled food grade plastics packaging waste from their packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) obligations, where they have collected it directly from consumers and sent it for reprocessing in a closed loop recycling system where it is turned back into food grade recyclate.
The Environment Agency have also published the packaging producer responsibility monitoring plan for 2026. This monitors business compliance to these regulations in England and can be viewed here
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