Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 86965
Beverage Containers: Recycling
Tabled: 30 October 2025
Answered: 5 November 2025
Question
Ben Maguire
Liberal Democrat — North Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme’s glass packaging fees on the competitiveness of small and medium-sized beverage pro
Answer
Mary CreaghIn autumn last year my department published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR) scheme on packaging producers as a whole, when the regulations were laid in parliament. This impact as...
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