Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 30
30
Rejected
Producers, via producer compliance schemes, should provide information to recyclers about the materials, including quantities,...
Recommendation
Producers, via producer compliance schemes, should provide information to recyclers about the materials, including quantities, in their products. A clear date should be set for this to be mandatory. Once the national material datahub is operational then manufacturers’ information should be linked to this. (Paragraph 127) Recommendation 19
Government response summary AI-generated
The government notes concerns about substantiated estimates but states it intends to continue using them, effectively declining to mandate that producers provide specific material information to recyclers with a clear mandatory date as recommended.
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Government Response
Rejected
HM Government · verbatim extract
Rejected
We are pleased that the Committee shares our view that producer should give clearer information about the materials and other resource efficiency aspects of their products. As we have explained in our responses to other Committee recommendations, we are seeking powers in the Environment Bill which may be used to mandate producers to provide better information about the material content of their products to consumers and end of life operators to facilitate better treatment and material recovery. Coupled with the Government’s Waste Tracking system, which will enable granular data on the location and content of waste materials, these policies are expected to stimulate increasing value retention and recovery of critical raw materials for reuse.
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