Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 83427

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Shaun Davies

LabourTelford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps (a) she and (b) her officials are taking to reduce fraud in the (i) Packaging Recovery Note and (ii) Packaging Export Recovery Note systems.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra has already introduced a number of measures in the Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging. All reprocessors and exporters who handle any packaging waste will now have to register, and to collect and report data on packaging waste received, p...

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