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Packaging: Recycling

Asked by Greg SmithConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 25 March 2025UIN 39094

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to delay the implementation of extended producer responsibility.

Answered by Mary Creagh

No. The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 came into effect on 1 January 2025, PackUK, the Scheme Administrator has been appointed, and producers will start to accrue scheme costs from 1 April 2025.

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