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Packaging: Recycling

Asked by Sarah HallLabour (Co-op)Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 10 September 2025UIN 72886

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to reform the (a) Packaging Recovery Note and (b) Packaging Waste Export Recycling Note system to (i) reduce price disparities, (ii) strengthen oversight o

Answered by Mary Creagh

We meet regularly with industry stakeholders and will examine options to reform the Packaging Waste Recycling Note (PRN/PERN) system, which will include proposals intended to support the UK recycling sector.

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