Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 48596

Glass: Packaging

Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025

Question

Nick Timothy

ConservativeWest Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the time period between the introduction of the (a) Extended Producer Responsibility and (b) Deposit Return scheme on levels of

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra has worked closely with industry, including the glass sector, throughout the development of the scheme. In October 2024 the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the pEPR scheme on packaging producers. This assessme...

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