Written questions

Recycling: Packaging

Commons · Question 39101 · Tabled 18 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 28 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Greg Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department consulted industry representatives on the level of extended producer responsibility fees.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 28 Mar 2025

The Government consulted on the principles of extended producer responsibility in 2019 and 2021, including the principle that producers would cover the full net costs to local authorities of managing household packaging waste. This included an estimate of...