Packaging: Recycling
Commons · Question 92096 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Greg Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has held with industry since Extended Producer Responsibility invoices were issued to assess the impact of the 4% impairment fee on business cashflow an
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 25 Nov 2025
Defra holds regular conversations with industry regarding all aspects of the pEPR scheme, including the impairment provision within notices of liability. Incorporating impairment provisions for bad debt in a cost recovery scheme is an expected considerati...