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Packaging: Recycling

Asked by Nick TimothyConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 1 April 2025UIN 41542

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of splitting recycling targets for (a) packaging recovery notes and (b) packaging export recovery notes.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Defra will shortly be engaging with relevant stakeholders to better understand the merits of this and other potential enhancements to the Package Recovery Note system.

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