Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 45171

Beverage Containers: Recycling

Tabled: 8 April 2025

Answered: 23 April 2025

Question

Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether all (a) glass, (b) steel, (c) aluminium and (d) PET drinks containers are subject to reporting and payment of Extended Producer Responsibility in Wales.

Answer

Mary Creagh

All steel, aluminium and PET plastic drinks containers across the UK are exempt from pEPR disposal fees but remain subject to reporting and recycling (PRN) obligations until Deposit Return Schemes (DRS’s) enter into operation. Should DRS’s not enter into ...

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