Defra PRN Reform Consultation Webinar & RECOUP Response Update

A webinar was held on 15 April by Defra about the current Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) consultation that’s currently open.

It was attended by nearly 160 attendees, and outlined:

• Why they are consulting.
• The focus measures of the consultation.
• The measures of the planned second consultation later this year.
• Specifics of the four areas of the consultation:
  • Review and update of the nationally agreed protocols and Agency Agreed Industry Grades (AAIGs).
  • Cancellation of PRN’s.
  • Compliance mechanism.
  • Transparency.

The slides can be viewed here.

The short 6-week timescale, given it includes Easter and a Bank Holiday, has been highlighted as an issue, and RECOUP alongside other membership organisations are asking Defra about extending the deadline in order to get more considered responses.

RECOUP is currently finalising its draft response, and it will be communicated on or before Friday 24 April. Thank you to those who have already fed into this and please contact Steve Morgan (steve.morgan@recoup.org) if you have positions or information you would like us to consider including.