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Packaging: Recycling

Commons · Question 42929 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 7 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Allison Gardner

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a phased introduction of extended producer responsibility fees.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 7 Apr 2025

We have taken a phased approach to implementing Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR). Reporting obligations for this scheme were introduced in 2024, and fee obligations for large producers introduced on 1 April 2025. From April 2026 PackU...