Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 18427

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 13 July 2026

Answered: 17 July 2026

Question

Mr Paul Kohler

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has held with the Welsh Government on the differentiation of identical glass containers in scope of the Deposit Return Scheme in Wales and Extended Prod

Answer

Mary Creagh

Defra officials engaged extensively with Welsh Government on its decision to include single-use glass containers in its Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). This led to an agreement by UK Government to an exclusion from the UK Internal Market Act 2020. Welsh Gove...

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