A question on #Packaging #Recycling tabled by Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick on 03-12-2024 has been answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock.

Heading: Packaging: Recycling
Question ID: 1746765
UIN: HL3165
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2024-12-03
Asking Member ID: 4130
Asking Member display name: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Asking Member handle: MRitchieSD
Asking Member Twitter reference: @MRitchieSD
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to mitigate against the impact of material switching as a result of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024.
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Date answered: 2025-01-07
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4395
Answering Member display name: Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Answering Member handle: suehayman1
Answering Member Twitter reference: @suehayman1
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Answer text: Once the Scheme Administrator has been established it will look at what measures may be needed to mitigate against material switching, where switching may produce perverse environmental outcomes. As pEPR places the cost of disposing of packaging back on t...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true