From April 2026, the fees UK producers pay under Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging stopped being a flat rate per tonne and started depending on how recyclable the packaging actually is. Packaging is now assessed under the Recyclability Assessment Methodology, given a red, amber or green rating, and charged accordingly. Red-rated packaging pays a premium over amber. Green-rated packaging gets a discount. Nearly all of the coverage of this has been written for comp

Research consistently shows that manual sorting and transit operations carry an error rate of between 1–3%. In a facility processing thousands of units per shift, that margin represents significant waste, rework, and customer dissatisfaction. Automated conveyor systems reduce this error rate to near zero — not by chance, but by design.