Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
EPR is a policy approach that makes producers financially and/or physically responsible for the environmental impacts of their products throughout their lifecycle, including end-of-life disposal.
What is Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)?
EPR shifts the cost of waste management from local authorities and taxpayers to the producers who place products and packaging on the market. The UK’s packaging EPR scheme (from 2025) requires producers to pay the full net cost of collecting, sorting, and recycling household packaging waste. This creates a financial incentive to reduce packaging, improve recyclability, and use recycled content. EPR affects carbon accounting through its impact on waste management costs, material choices, and circular economy strategies.
Practical Examples
A consumer goods company redesigns its packaging to be fully recyclable, reducing its EPR fees under the modulated tariff that charges higher fees for less recyclable materials.
A retailer calculates that EPR will add £2 million to its annual costs, accelerating investment in packaging reduction and switch to recycled content.
How Climatise Helps
Climatise helps organisations quantify the carbon impact of packaging and product design decisions, supporting the transition to lower-carbon materials that also reduce EPR costs.
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