Publication - Consultation paper

Duty of Care: Code of Practice for managing controlled waste (2026) consultation

Published: 27 November 2025
From: Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change
ISBN: 9781806434770

We are consulting on a proposed update to the existing Duty of Care Code of Practice for managing controlled waste.

Open
51 days to respond
Respond online

Closes: 5 February 2026

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1 Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging

2 EPR Consultation Government response template

3 The Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2025

4 2021 Packaging EPR Consultation UK IA (refer to P54 -61)

5 2021 Scottish Government Partial BRIA

6 2024 Data and Stakeholders - Packaging - extended producer responsibility: island communities impact assessment - gov.scot

7 2021 UK packaging producer responsibility system reform: partial equality impact assessment - gov.scot

Contact

Email: producerresponsibility@gov.scot

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