The UK government will start PackUK to manage its new EPR scheme on January 21. The EPR scheme aims to shift the responsibility and cost of packaging waste management “from taxpayers and local authorities to those businesses who use and supply the packaging.” The authorities refer to this approach as the “polluter pays” principle.PackUK will implement the UK’s new EPR for packaging (pEPR) program. The EPR Statutory Instrument was formally launched on January 1.
