UKFT has updated its guide for members  which covers international Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation and other legislative requirements for textiles, products, packaging and plastic tax. To access your copy email info@ukft.org.

The most recent edition, published in November 2023, includes updated details on Canadian provinces and US states. It covers:

Textiles Extended Producer Responsibility

• France
• Hungary
• Italy
• Latvia
• Spain
• Sweden
• The Netherlands
• USA (California)

Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility and plastic tax

• Austria
• Australia
• Bulgaria
• France
• Germany
• Hungary
• India
• Ireland
• Italy packaging EPR
• Italy Plastic Packaging Tax
• Slovakia
• Spain Plastic Packaging Tax
• Sweden
• South Korea
• The Netherlands
• UK Packaging EPR
• UK Plastic Packaging Tax
• Canada
• USA (California)
• USA (Colorado)
• USA (Maine)
• Oregon

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is an environmental regulation that makes the producer who first places a product on the market responsible for the entire lifecycle of the product – including post-consumer and end-of-life disposal.

Under EPR regulations, the responsible producer must take steps to reduce the environmental impact of their products throughout the entire product lifecycle. The EU has proposed a harmonised mandatory extended EPR scheme for fashion and textiles but some EU countries have taken action to implement their own schemes.

In the UK, the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) are investigating the feasibility of an EPR scheme for fashion and textiles.

Many countries, including the UK, have EPR schemes for packaging.

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