Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 94862

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 26 November 2025

Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Brian Leishman

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on (a) glass manufacturers in Scotland, (b) economic growth in Scotland and (c) chan

Answer

Mary Creagh

In autumn last year my department published an assessment of the impacts of implementing extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR), when the regulations were laid in parliament. This impact assessment does not include an assessment of the impa...

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