Causeway Coast and Glens Council approve funding for waste specialist

At an Environmental Services Committee meeting on Wednesday, April 17, officers sought member approval to “recruit a shared waste specialist to deal with the implications of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging scheme, representing and assisting district councils and NILGA on national forums with regard to policy development for EPR”.

An officers’ report stated: “Producer responsibility is a concept used widely within the waste regulation sector aimed at ensuring that businesses that manufacture, import and sell products onto the open market are responsible for their end of life environmental Impact.