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Packaging: Recycling

Asked by Deirdre CostiganLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 14 October 2024UIN 6782

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the proposed level of producer involvement in the (a) establishment and (b) administration of the Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme Administrator.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Yes. The Scheme Administrator is already guided by the Scheme Administrator Steering Group, whose membership includes representatives across the packaging and waste value chain including several producers and their trade associations. The Secretary of State is committed to continuing to include producers and the wider packaging value chain in co-designing the future iterations of the scheme’s administration. This includes but is not restricted to supporting the development of future producer-led models including a Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO).

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