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Packaging: Recycling

Commons · Question 19024 · Tabled 15 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 1 Sep 2026

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Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the administrative cost of operating the Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility scheme to (a) Government, (b) PackUK, (c) local authorities and (d) ob

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 1 Sep 2026

The 2024 impact assessment assessed Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) administrative impacts, including producer reporting costs. PackUK is responsible for operating the scheme on behalf of the four UK nations. PackUK administration co...