Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 38769
Packaging: Recycling
Tabled: 17 March 2025
Answered: 26 March 2025
Named DayQuestion
Perran Moon
Labour — Camborne and Redruth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to direct funding from fees through the Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme towards recycling (a) infrastructure and (b) awareness campaigns.
Answer
Mary CreaghpEPR makes packaging producers responsible for the costs incurred by UK Local Authorities in managing household packaging waste, including the fees they pay to recycling facilities. This will provide around 1.5 billion pounds of new funding in the UK in 2...
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