Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 64946

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 reducing the rates for Extended Producer Responsibility fees for more recyclable materials.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The RAM has been used by producers to assess packaging recyclability from January 2025.  The RAM is an important aspect of pEPR as it will determine the modulation sub-category, and therefore the level of fees applicable to that material, with higher fees...

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