Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 39107

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 18 March 2025
Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

Greg Smith

ConservativeMid Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department will monitor compliance with extended producer responsibility requirements; and what penalties will apply for non-compliance.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra officials are working closely with the Environment Agency (EA) and Devolved Governments to ensure robust plans are in place to both scrutinise the accuracy of submissions from enrolled producers, and identify and bring into compliance free riders wh...

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