30 Jan 2019 --- Strong support has come from the UK Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) for the Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme (EPRS) as proposed by the UK government. This scheme would see the costs of collection, recycling and disposal of packaging be incurred by producers rather than councils. The proposal is part of the government’s Waste and Resource Strategy launched by Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove, last month, which hopes to overhaul the nation’s “throwaway society.”
