Beverage Containers: Recycling
Commons · Question 53756 · Tabled 20 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 28 May 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether beverage industry manufacturers will be required to pay the Extended Producer Responsibility levy if they sell their products in the on-trade market with proof from the vendor
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 28 May 2025
The current regulations do not allow for this. This is because there are real challenges in effectively applying and compliance monitoring such an exemption across all sectors and producer types, resulting in a significant risk of misreporting and fraud. ...