Written questions

Packaging: Recycling

2026-06-07 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · 7611 · Official question

Alex Mayer

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to allow local authorities to treat connected entities as a single undertaking in cases where arrangements have been created primarily to avoid Exte

Answer

Local authorities do not play a role in the compliance and enforcement of Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR). PEPR is regulated by the Environment Agency in England and by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Natural Resources Wa...