Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 42929

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 7 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Dr Allison Gardner

LabourStoke-on-Trent South

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a phased introduction of extended producer responsibility fees.

Answer

Mary Creagh
We have taken a phased approach to implementing Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR). Reporting obligations for this scheme were introduced in 2024, and fee obligations for large producers introduced on 1 April 2025. From April 2026 PackU...

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