Beverage Containers: Recycling
Commons · Question 53757 · Tabled 20 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Question
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...