Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 48692
Packaging: Recycling
Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025
Question
Mark Sewards
Labour — Leeds South West and Morley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility packaging taxation will ensure that the cost of recycling is passed to manufacturers.
Answer
Mary CreaghPackaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) implements the polluter-pays principle by obligating brands and packaging producers to pay the costs of managing household packaging waste.