Waste Disposal: Regulation
Commons · Question 102923 · Tabled 5 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Environment Agency's implementation timeline for the waste registration and accreditation system.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 9 Jan 2026
The packaging regulations provide the Environment Agency (EA) with a statutory 12-week period to determine applications for reprocessor & exporter registration and accreditation applications. In a small number of cases the determination period is goin...