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Written question asked by Kerry McCarthy (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 April 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 April 2017. It was answered by Baroness Coffey (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 April 2017 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Packaging: Waste Disposal

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total cost of fees paid by obligated organisations to PRN compliance schemes was in each of the last five years; and what the total value of trade in packaging recovery notes and packaging export recovery notes was in each of the last five years.

Answer

Under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations, obligated organisations (“producers”) can choose to join a compliance scheme or register directly with the Environment Agency. Based on statutory annual registration fees and data that the Environment Agency holds on the number of registered producers, the estimated total annual registration fees paid by obligated organisations in England in each of the last five years is shown in the following table:

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

£3,107,188

£3,068,604

£3,073,252

£3,102,644

£3,122,448

Obligated organisations may pay additional administrative or other fees to compliance schemes as part of commercial arrangements between them. We do not hold data on these fees.

The total packaging waste recovery notes (PRN) and packaging waste export recovery notes (PERN) revenue reported to the Environment Agencies by accredited reprocessors and exporters in each of the last five years is shown in the following table:

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

£62,187,482

£111,516,379

£63,800,566

£64,249,373

£50,225,274

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
71352
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Fees and charges Exports Packaging Waste disposal
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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