As political attitudes towards sustainability evolve in the lead-up to COP26, UK-based businesses will find themselves challenged to keep up with increasingly ambitious sustainability legislation. The ‘Producer Responsibility Regulations’ (also known as Packaging Waste Regulations) are a current example of this that, and organisations will need to adapt to if they produce, use or sell packaging products.  The packaging waste regulations are in place to ensure that businesses are responsible for the recovery and recycling of packaging waste in the UK. If your business produced or handled more than 50 tonnes of packaging in the last year and you have a turnover of more than £2 million, you will need to comply with these regulations. Your responsibilities and how to comply To comply with the regulations you must: Register with the Environment Agency (either directly or through a compliance scheme) as a packaging producer. Impacted brands should have done this by April 7 Recover and recycle specific tonnes of packaging waste each year. This became an obligation on January 1, 2021  Obtain evidence of compliance and submit a certificate of compliance by January 31, 2022  Obligated businesses are required to produce evidence to meet their Producer Responsibility (Packaging Waste) Obligations from accredited recyclers. A company’s obligation is a proportion of the...