Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 40794
Packaging: Recycling
Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 1 April 2025
Question
Jayne Kirkham
Labour (Co-op) — Truro and Falmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on the number of producers switching from glass to plastic packaging.
Answer
Mary CreaghWe have considered feedback from all material sectors, which has included including feedback from the glass sector on the risks of material switching towards plastic and fibre-based composite packaging. We have received limited evidence of decisions to in...
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