Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 15592

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 2 July 2026

Answered: 9 July 2026

Question

Peter Fortune

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the extended producer responsibility scheme does not reduce investment in UK manufacturing.

Answer

Mary Creagh

Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) is designed to move the cost of managing household packaging waste from taxpayers to producers, while supporting investment in recycling. Defra and PackUK continue to engage with industry, including pa...

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