Written questions

Recycling: Finance

Commons · Question 84475 · Tabled 22 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 29 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure funds raised through Extended Producer Responsibility are used by local authorities on advanced recycling infrastructure.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 29 Oct 2025

The Government has implemented robust measures within the packaging Extended Producer Responsibility scheme to ensure that funds raised are directed by local authorities towards recycling infrastructure. I have instructed PackUK to use regulatory powers t...