Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 55180

Beverage Containers: Recycling

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

Afzal Khan

LabourManchester Rusholme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the recycling rate of glass beverage containers.

Answer

Mary Creagh
This Government has set ambitious recycling targets under the packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) regulations, with annual increases to glass packaging. The packaging recycling target for glass in 2025 is 74% and will increase to 85% by 2030...

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