Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 14420

Plastics: Packaging

Tabled: 30 June 2026
Answered: 6 July 2026

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

LabourSlough

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the volume of plastic packaging produced for uncut (a) fruit and (b) vegetables where data is available in the past year.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The department does not hold data on, nor has it made an estimate of, the volume of plastic packaging used specifically for uncut fruit and uncut vegetables in the last year. Packaging data reported under the UK’s producer responsibility system is collect...

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