Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 45533

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 30 April 2025

Question

Andrew Rosindell

Reform UK — Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Extended Producer Responsibility fees on (a) local authority recycling rates and (b) hospitality waste streams.

Answer

Mary Creagh
In October 2024 the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the pEPR scheme on packaging recycling rates. This impact assessment did not split recycling rates on a local authority basis. The impact assessment also did not l...
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