Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 18425

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 17 July 2026

Question

Mr Paul Kohler

Liberal DemocratWimbledon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish a proposed interim solution to the exemption process for non-household waste under Extended Producer Responsibility regulations.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra is working closely with stakeholders on potential changes to the household packaging definition in the Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) regulations, including interim and longer-term approaches to dual-use packaging. No final da...

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