{"id":3990,"date":"2024-10-09T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mtffoxnews.com\/?p=3990"},"modified":"2024-10-09T20:04:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T20:04:53","slug":"nlwa-warns-epr-fees-could-pass-on-costs-to-councils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mtffoxnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/09\/nlwa-warns-epr-fees-could-pass-on-costs-to-councils\/","title":{"rendered":"NLWA warns EPR fees could pass on costs to councils"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The North London Waste Authority has warned that revised base fees for extended producer responsibility for packaging are too low and will impact the finances of local authorities.<\/h4>\n

Revised illustrative base fees for extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR) were published in September.<\/p>\n

The base fees cover the amount that manufacturers will be required to pay for the production of packaging materials.<\/p>\n

The announcement followed\u00a0scathing criticism from the glass industry<\/a>, with British Glass saying the fees were likely to have a \u201csevere detrimental impact\u201d on the sector.<\/p>\n

However, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) always planned to publish refined figures once more data had been reported and checked by regulators because of \u201csignificant limitations\u201d in the data used to create the original fees.<\/p>\n

North London Waste Authority Chair, Councillor Clyde Loakes,\u202fsaid it was \u201cdisappointing\u201d to see that the cost per tonne for most materials has been lowered.<\/p>\n

Loakes said: \u201cTo those of us with front-line experience in this area, such moves appear to contradict Defra\u2019s earlier pledge to crack down on waste and move to a circular economy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEPR fees should incentivise manufacturers to reduce packaging waste, and by not taking this forward as originally proposed, local councils will continue to pick up the tab for disposal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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EPR fees should incentivise manufacturers to reduce packaging waste, and by not taking this forward as originally proposed, local councils will continue to pick up the tab for disposal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAs well as having worrying environmental consequences, the new base fees are likely to have significant economic consequences for cash-strapped local authorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cCouncils have been paying to dispose of unnecessary and difficult-to-recycle packaging for years, to keep vital services running despite under-funding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Loakes said that next month local authorities will be given an estimate of EPR payments they will receive to finance the collecting and disposing of packaging materials.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is also hard to see how these revised base fees will cover the cost of the Emissions Trading Scheme \u2013 as proposed by the government\u2019s recent consultation \u2013 and which local authorities will be required to fund from 2026,\u201d Loakes said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is particularly concerning at a time when local authorities across London are facing a \u00a3400 million funding shortfall<\/a>, compounded in north London by the biggest increase in waste since Covid-19 \u2013 the collection and disposal of which represents an unavoidable cost for local authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Defra confirmed it has delayed introducing mandatory packaging labelling as part of EPR<\/a> and said it will likely introduce mandatory labelling across the UK via an amendment to the forthcoming legislation in 2025, and the approach is likely to be consistent across all UK nations.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 The North London Waste Authority has warned that revised base fees for extended producer responsibility for packaging are too low and<\/p>\n

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