Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 102751

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 9 January 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extended producer responsibility on small businesses in local communities.

Answer

Mary Creagh
pEPR in the UK has some of the most generous support measures for small businesses across any packaging scheme globally. These are exemptions from disposal fee and recycling (PRN) obligations for producers with an annual turnover below £2 million and pack...
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