Industry Chiefs Sound Alarm over 'Horrific' Packaging Tax

EPR fees: FPA & FDF welcome clarity while glass sector still concerned

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA) have welcomed EPR base fees information which give clarity for manufacturers on the costs they will be facing for the first year of EPR. The post EPR fees: FPA & FDF welcome clarity while glass sector still concerned appeared first on Packaging News.

Industry chiefs sound alarm over ‘horrific’ packaging tax threatening UK businesses – Your Capital Minds

Senior UK industry figures have issued a stark warning over the government’s new packaging tax, branding it “horrific” and economically damaging. The finalised Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme, published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on Friday, will make producers pay the cost of recycling their packaging from October. Though the final fees are slightly lower than previous projections, business le…

Industry chiefs sound alarm over ‘horrific’ packaging tax threatening UK businesses

Senior UK industry figures have issued a stark warning over the government’s new packaging tax, branding it “horrific” and economically damaging. The finalised Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme, published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on Friday, will make producers pay the cost of recycling their packaging from October. Though the final fees are slightly lower than previous projections, business le…

MPMA responds to new Government fees - The Metal Packager

The Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association (MPMA) have responded to the publication of the base fees for packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). The UK government unveiled the first year fees that... The post MPMA responds to new Government fees appeared first on The Metal Packager.

Industry chiefs sound alarm over 'horrific' packaging tax

A new packaging tax that makes the producers of waste pay for their packaging to be recycled poses a multibillion-pound threat to UK businesses and will encourage firms to relocate their production abroad, senior industry figures have warned. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) released on Friday the final fees for an impending tax on business known as the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme, confirming t…