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Packaging: Recycling

Asked by Manuela PerteghellaLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 9 February 2026UIN 110166

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will formally re-establish the Advisory Committee on Packaging as a forum for (a) industry, (b) government and (c) regulators to oversee the operation of the Packaging Recovery Note system.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Defra has no plans to re-establish the Advisory Committee on Packaging in its previous form.

However, as part of the forthcoming consultation on Packaging Waste Recycling Note (PRN) reforms, the department will be seeking views on how best to bring together stakeholders including industry, Government, and regulators to advise on the functioning of the PRN system.

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