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Plastics: Recycling

Commons · Question 41536 · Tabled 26 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 1 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of Packaging Export Recovery Note (PERN) system on global plastic pollution.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 1 Apr 2025

All exports of plastic packaging waste are made in accordance with the relevant regulations related to the shipment of waste and are enforced by the Environment Agency (relevant regulator). The PRN/PERN system provides economic support for the recycling o...