Packaging: Recycling
Commons · Question 39195 · Tabled 18 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Euan Stainbank
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed base-rate Extended Producer Responsibility fees on levels of use of different recyclable materials by th
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 1 Apr 2025
Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR) requires producers to bear the end-of-life costs associated with packaging that they place on the market, rather than the proportion of recycled materials contained. The Recyclability Assessment Method...