Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 39101

Recycling: Packaging

Tabled: 18 March 2025
Answered: 28 March 2025

Question

Greg Smith

ConservativeMid Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department consulted industry representatives on the level of extended producer responsibility fees.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government consulted on the principles of extended producer responsibility in 2019 and 2021, including the principle that producers would cover the full net costs to local authorities of managing household packaging waste. This included an estimate of...

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