Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 102926

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 5 January 2026

Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency is taking to prevent packaging recovery note fraud.

Answer

Mary Creagh

The Environment Agency (EA) works hard to tackle waste crime and free riders (market operators who circumvent Extended Producer Responsibility, breaking the law, and exploiting the system to avoid fees) in the waste sector, gathering intelligence to ident...

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