Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 45877

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025

Question

Greg Smith

ConservativeMid Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that local authorities use funds from the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme solely for waste management and environmental purposes.

Answer

Mary Creagh
pEPR regulations include a range of measures to drive improved performance and ensure local authorities make the investments needed to support an efficient and effective waste management service for household packaging. These include:Introducing an Improv...

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