Please find below the link to a Government discussion paper on coherence across the Producer Responsibility regimes:

Producer Responsibility Discussion Paper

The discussion paper is part of the consultation process on the review of the UK's various Producer Responsibility regimes (i.e. Waste Packaging, Waste Batteries, and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment).

The paper sets out 21 issues where a greater degree of coherence could be achieved across the regimes and we would welcome your views on the issues. The paper sets out a series of generic questions to assist in developing your responses. You do not need to respond on each issue.

Comments received on the proposals described in this paper will inform the development of specific regulatory changes under each of the regulatory regimes, which will be the subject of separate consultations. The first of these separate consultations is on WEEE and that consultation and associated documents can be found here:

Implementation of the WEEE recast Directive and UK system changes

Consultations on the Packaging and Batteries regulations will follow later in 2013.

The closing date for responses to the coherence discussion paper is 31 May 2013.

Details of where to send responses are provided in the introductory section of the discussion paper.

If you have any questions on the content on the paper which needs answering to assist with developing your responses, please forward these to:

packaging@defra.gsi.gov.uk

The National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) is a web-based database supported by the Environment Agency,  the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), the Northern Ireland Environment Protection Agency,  the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills,  the Advisory Committee on Packaging, companies obligated by the packaging and battery regulations, reprocessors, exporters and compliance schemes.

NPWD Support – how to get further help

For business and regulatory queries call -

• In England and Wales: 03708 506 506
• In Scotland: 01786 457700 – Producer Compliance and Waste Shipments Unit
• In Northern Ireland: 028 9056 9338

For technical queries or questions on how to use NPWD and for reporting problems phone 03708 506506.

The Development of NPWD

NPWD has been rolled out in a number of phases. Phase one went live on 1 April 2006 and allowed the online submission of quarterly returns by reprocessors and exporters. Phase two went live on the 1 February 2007 and allowed compliance schemes and direct registrants to register with us online. A further major development was in September 2007 which allowed reprocessors and exporters to apply for accreditation online . In spring 2008 extra functionality on monitoring of free-riders was added. 

Significant investment took place during 2009 in order to add modules to support the new batteries regulatory regime.  This included an on-line payment link for small battery producers as well as registration and approval for those companies affected by the regulations. 

NPWD provides the following functionality:

·         on-line registration for producers registering directly with an agency

·         on-line registration for compliance schemes

·         on-line accreditation of packaging reprocessors and exporters

·         on-line approval of batteries treatment operators and exporters

·         issuing of 'Electronic Packaging Waste Recovery Notes' (ePRNs) and 'Electronic Packaging Waste Export Recovery Notes' (ePERNs)

·         issuing of batteries evidence notes

·         on-line submission of quarterly returns by schemes, treatment operators, reprocessors and exporters

·         electronic statements and certificates of compliance

·         compliance monitoring of producers, schemes, reprocessors and exporters by the Agencies

·         free-rider monitoring

·         public registers and reports.

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