Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 53757
Beverage Containers: Recycling
Tabled: 20 May 2025
Answered: 3 June 2025
Named DayQuestion
Joe Robertson
Conservative — Isle of Wight East
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a UK-based beverage manufacturer can accept returns of all recyclable product packaging to offset their Extended Producer Responsibility levy.
Answer
Mary CreaghExisting provisions in the pEPR regulations only allow for offsets from disposal cost fees for: packaging that is not commonly collected by Local Authorities for recycling, defined as packaging collected by less than 75% of Local Authorities; orreusable p...
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