Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 64945

Recycling: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 3 July 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025

Question

Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal DemocratChichester

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of basing the calculation of Extended Producer Responsibility fees on volume.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government is not considering the adoption of a units-based metric. In accordance with the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, Extender Producer Responsibility disposal fees for packaging are calculate...

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