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We’re proud to announce that Margaret Bates, Managing Director at OPRL, will be serving as Defra’s new Head of Scheme Administrator to establish the new pEPR scheme.The new UK pEPR scheme will move the cost of dealing with packaging waste away from the taxpayer and onto packaging producers, who will pay for the full cost of managing packaging waste from households.

We explain the mandatory recycling labelling requirements element of pEPR and give you the technical tools to create pEPR compliant recycling labels.

At OPRL we love to interact with our members and other likeminded people and one of the best ways to do this is via our social channels. It means that we can let you know all the latest information as soon as we get it.

Jude has joined the team to cover Margaret Bates’ secondment to Defra. Margaret will spend up to two years seconded as Head for the UK Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) for Packaging Scheme Administrator.

We’re proud to announce that Margaret Bates, Managing Director at OPRL, will be serving as Defra’s new Head of Scheme Administrator to establish the new pEPR scheme.

This certification recognises that as an organisation we’ve met rigorous social and environmental standards which represents our commitment to these goals.

The most recent survey of 5,010 people across the UK, carried out earlier this year, shows that despite the cost-of-living crisis, recycling is still important for consumers. However, over half of respondents said they cannot always understand whether or not packaging can be recycled.