Councils may not receive their first payments under the new extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme until as late as December 2025, The MJ has learnt.
EPR is due to start in April 2025 but the scheme administrator, which will issue invoices and make the payments, cannot be formally put into existence until a statutory instrument has been laid.
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