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Beverage Containers: Recycling

Commons · Question 53757 · Tabled 20 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 3 Jun 2025

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Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a UK-based beverage manufacturer can accept returns of all recyclable product packaging to offset their Extended Producer Responsibility levy.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 3 Jun 2025

Existing provisions in the pEPR regulations only allow for offsets from disposal cost fees for: packaging that is not commonly collected by Local Authorities for recycling, defined as packaging collected by less than 75% of Local Authorities; orreusable p...