Written Question·Treasury·UIN 86441

Plastic Packaging Tax

Tabled: 29 October 2025
Answered: 7 November 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to increase the (a) Plastic Packaging Tax rate and (b) recycled content requirement to promote domestic recycling.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The Plastic Packaging Tax was introduced in April 2022 under the previous government and provides a price incentive for businesses to use recycled plastic in the manufacture of plastic packaging – thereby stimulating the collection and recycling of plasti...

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