Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 42597
Packaging: Recycling
Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 3 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Wendy Morton
Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the relative potential impact of the implementation of the extended producer responsibility scheme on the (a) glass and (b) plastic industries.
Answer
Mary CreaghIn 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.