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Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the policy objective is of (a) extended producer responsibility and (b) packaging recovering notes; and what the relationship is between the two policies.

answeredClaire HannaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
12 Nov 2024
Target answer date
14 Nov 2024
Answer
18 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the policy objective is of (a) extended producer responsibility and (b) packaging recovering notes; and what the relationship is between the two policies.

  2. 14 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) is intended to make producers responsible for the costs of managing their packaging, incentivising them to use less packaging and make the packaging they do use more sustainable. The key pEPR obligatio...

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