Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 99517

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 12 December 2025
Answered: 18 December 2025

Question

Melanie Onn

LabourGreat Grimsby and Cleethorpes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with packaging manufacturers and distributors on the financial sustainability of Extended Producer Responsibility, and what steps she is taking

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government has engaged extensively with packaging manufacturers, distributors and representative bodies as part of the development of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme. This engagement has included public consultations, technical working gro...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 99517) →