Written questions

Small Businesses: Recycling

Commons · Question 45874 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Greg Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the impact of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on small and medium-sized enterprises

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 29 Apr 2025

The Government has listened to feedback from small businesses and introduced support measures to help compliance with EPR, including: exemptions from fee obligations for producers with annual turnover below £2 million and packaging tonnage below 50 tonnes...