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Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment broadly welcomes announcement by UK's Defra on the delayed UK-wide rollout of the Deposit Return Scheme; new timings, including go-live date of October 2027, 'provide welcome clarity to all stakeholders'

First line of speakers headlining Environmental Packaging Summit 2024 announced; speakers come from Defra, INCPEN, RECOUP, Coca Cola Europacific Partners GB, Suntory, DHL, Foodservice Packaging Assn., Zeus, VPK, Carlton Packaging, Sabert

UK’s Defra announces appointment of Dr. Margaret Bates as head of the UK Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging Scheme Administrator; Bates is managing director of OPRL, will take up the role on secondment for up to two years

Food and Drink Federation responds to Public Accounts Committee report that highlights the need for clarity and investment in Defra’s packaging reforms to achieve waste reduction goals; FDF calls for a circular economy in the proposed scheme

Defra announces that recruitment for the chair position on the Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) Scheme Administrator (SA) Steering Group is now open; closing date for applications is Oct. 27

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