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Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will publish the data and results of the Extended Producer Responsibility pilot projects.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
10 Jul 2026
Target answer date
14 Jul 2026
Answer
16 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will publish the data and results of the Extended Producer Responsibility pilot projects.

  2. 14 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    As scheme administrator for packaging Extended Producer Responsibility, PackUK will conduct annual local authority effectiveness assessments on behalf of the four nations from 2028. Following this assessment, a local authority may be subject to an Improve...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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