25 Mar 2021 --- The UK’s Department of Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) is launching an industry consultation on introducing a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) and updated Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme. Defra is calling on industry stakeholders to contribute views on how the new schemes will run before 5 June, 2021. This will be the second consultation on EPR; the previous one – in 1997 – occurred before the devolution of Wales and Northern Ireland.
