Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 33304

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 24 February 2025
Answered: 4 March 2025

Question

Rebecca Paul

ConservativeReigate

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging scheme on the hospitality sector.

Answer

Mary Creagh
In October 2024, the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the pEPR scheme on packaging producers as a whole. This impact assessment did not split the assessment by sector. The Government has been engaging extensively wit...

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