Consultation on proposals for reform to the Packaging Waste Recycling Note (PRN) system

A summary of the responses to this consultation and the four nations response will be published and placed on government websites at www.gov.uk/defra, www.daera-ni.gov.uk, www.gov.scot and www.gov.wales. 

The summary will include a list of respondents and organisations that responded but not personal names, addresses or other contact details. However, information provided in response to this consultation document, including personal information, may be subject to publication or release to other parties or to disclosure in accordance with the access to information regimes such as the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Data Protection Act 2018.  

If you want information, including personal data that you provide to be treated as confidential, please say so clearly in writing when you submit your response to the consultation and explain why you need these details to be kept confidential.  

If we receive a request for disclosure under the FOIA, we will take full account of your explanation, but in accordance with legislative requirements we cannot provide an assurance that confidentiality can be maintained in all circumstances. An automatic confidentiality disclaimer generated by your IT system will not, of itself, be regarded as a confidentiality request.  

Defra is the data controller in respect of any personal data that you provide, and Defra’s Personal Information Charter, which gives details of your rights in respect of the handling of your personal data, can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/about/personal-information-charter 

This consultation is being conducted in line with the Cabinet Office “Consultation Principles” and be found at: Consultation Principles.  

If you have any comments or complaints about the consultation process, please address them by email to: consultation.coordinator@defra.gov.uk