Future Consumer Talks

In this episode, we look at the recycling and anti-waste responsibilities of manufacturers and distributors in the UK and Italy.

Esme Saynor, Aimie Farmer and Paola Ghezzi discuss how recycling obligations are often brought about through extended producer responsibilities (EPR), and they focus on:

• deposit return schemes

In addition to discussing recycling rules in Europe, we provide insight into Italy’s regulations for waste management, as well as where we can see other European countries adopting sustainable waste management practices.

Future Consumer Talks is a CMS podcast on legal topics affecting consumer products for retail. Through this series our lawyers will be providing insight into the fast-evolving landscape of product regulation and compliance matters. We will also be covering legal news, recent developments and emerging trends, and how they are relevant to industry.

The second episode of Future Consumer Talks focuses on the regulation of food waste.

We discuss amendments to the Waste Framework Directive that the EU Parliament recently voted on. It proposed measures to prevent food waste throughout the supply chain.

We also consider the separate collection of food waste from other waste and updates on food waste reporting in the UK.

Additionally, for France we discuss obligations to donate unsold food.

Future Consumer Talks is a CMS podcast on legal topics affecting consumer products for retail. Through this series our lawyers will be providing insight into the fast-evolving landscape of product regulation and compliance matters. We will also be covering legal news, recent developments and emerging trends, and how they are relevant to industry.

This podcast on ecodesign for sustainable products considers the legal changes for ecodesign that are being introduced at EU level, including the digital product passport, as well as the current position in the UK and Germany.

We discuss strategy, successes and hurdles to overcome with the newly introduced laws, how they differ from the current regime and some practical implications to help you and your businesses prepare.

Future Consumer Talks is a CMS podcast on legal topics affecting consumer products for retail. Through this series our lawyers will be providing insight into the fast-evolving landscape of product regulation and compliance matters. We will also be covering legal news, recent developments and emerging trends, and how they are relevant to industry.