UK Defra opens consultation on potential amendments to the UK POPs regime (Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2026)

The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) launched a public consultation on draft amendments to the UK Persistent Organic Pollutants regulatory framework, which implements the Stockholm Convention domestically. Compliance teams should review the consultation materials to assess proposed changes to POP restrictions/controls and prepare input before the consultation closes (close date not provided in the supplied research text).