Question follow-through · 43326

Recycling: Hospitality Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of exempting businesses in the hospitality sector from charges under Extended Producer Responsibility.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 1 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 3 Apr 2025
Answer: 17 Apr 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

1 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of exempting businesses in the hospitality sector from charges under Extended Producer Responsibility.
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Apr 2025
Answer published
Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging obligates brands and packaging producers to pay the costs of managing household packaging waste. Therefore, no assessment has been made of the merits of exempting all businesses in the hospitality sector. Thi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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