With the gradual arrival of the UK EPR, more and more sellers are concerned about whether the UK EPR should be registered or not, and whether there should be relevant recycling labels on the UK packaging.
The UK Packaging Act currently only allows registration under three specific circumstances, and Chinese companies need to wait for the April 2024 Amazon withholding regulations. So for now, you can stop worrying about whether to register for the UK EPR or not.
In that case, is it necessary to reflect the recycling label on the packaging of products in the United Kingdom?
The answer is yes!
Introduced in the UK in 2024, the EPR, like the rest of Europe, is a policy that requires manufacturers to take responsibility for the collection, sorting, recycling or disposal of their product packaging.
Under the UK's new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) labeling guidelines, all primary and shipping packaging will need to be labeled with either a "recycle" or "do not recycle" label, along with an accompanying logo. This is so that when an individual or entity disposes of packaging, they will always receive clear instructions on how to proceed.
Household packaging is defined as anything that can be removed from the home, including large packages of white household appliances as well as smaller packages of everyday groceries.
Who is obliged to put up labels?
Brand owner: the business that puts the goods into the packaging, or puts the goods into the packaging and puts those goods into the UK market under its brand name (if the packer/filler does not have a brand owner)
Importer: the business responsible for importing filled packs into the UK for sale.
In addition, distributors (of unfilled, flat packs) will be required to provide information to small businesses about the recyclability of the packaging they offer, and will provide users of that packaging with some flexibility in how they provide recycling information .
An example of UK packaging law is shown below:
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