Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 38971

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 18 March 2025
Answered: 28 March 2025

Question

John Glen

ConservativeSalisbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) the cumulative cost burden of the Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme and (b) other business costs on the food and drink

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government wants to see all businesses take steps to reduce packaging use, ensure packaging is easy to recycle, and where appropriate move to re-use systems. We have made a full assessment of the impacts that implementing packaging extended producer r...

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