Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 102923
Waste Disposal: Regulation
Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 9 January 2026
Question
Nick Timothy
Conservative — West Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Environment Agency's implementation timeline for the waste registration and accreditation system.
Answer
Mary CreaghThe packaging regulations provide the Environment Agency (EA) with a statutory 12-week period to determine applications for reprocessor & exporter registration and accreditation applications. In a small number of cases the determination period is goin...
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