Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 18438

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 21 July 2026

Question

Mr Will Forster

Liberal DemocratWoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of EPR on the ability of businesses to meet recycling targets or to exceed them.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Packaging waste recycling targets, met by businesses through their recycling obligations, were set whilst taking account of the expected effects of Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) alongside other recycling reforms, including Simpler ...

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