Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 97860

Plastics: Packaging

Tabled: 8 December 2025

Answered: 16 December 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Department has made of the volume of plastic packaging placed on the UK market in the last year.

Answer

Mary Creagh

For 2024, there are two available estimates for the volume of plastic packing placed on the market for the UK. These estimates are based on different methodologies and data sources (PackFlow and Reported Packaging Data) and so produce slightly different f...

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