Ministers to reveal major concessions on packaging tax to ward off EPR revolt

Plastic waste

The Grocer understands Defra will include amending the EPR regulations to appoint a producer responsibility organisation (PRO) to run the scheme

The government is to announce major concessions to the food and wider packaging industry over the rollout of its controversial extended producer responsibility (EPR) strategy in a bid to prevent a full scale producer rebellion from derailing the scheme.

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