Packaging: Waste Disposal
Commons · Question 108957 · Tabled 27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Aphra Brandreth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she considered putting measures in place to ensure a new digital PRN system was in place prior to the closure of the previous system.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 2 Feb 2026
Risks to delivery of the new PRN/PERN system were assessed and a broad range of delivery options were considered. The previous system (the National Waste Packaging Database) does not have the capability to support delivery of new regulatory requirements w...