Packaging: Recycling
Commons · Question 45533 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Extended Producer Responsibility fees on (a) local authority recycling rates and (b) hospitality waste streams.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 30 Apr 2025
In October 2024 the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the pEPR scheme on packaging recycling rates. This impact assessment did not split recycling rates on a local authority basis. The impact assessment also did not l...