Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 44651

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 7 April 2025

Answered: 22 April 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to (a) exempt and (b) reduce Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fees to packaging waste managed through private waste contracts in the hospitality se

Answer

Mary Creagh

Since Autumn 2024, the Government has been working with stakeholders, including representatives of the hospitality sector, to consider potential amendments to the definition of household packaging. We are continuing to engage with sectors on a way forward...

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