Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 38288
Recycling: Small Businesses
Tabled: 13 March 2025
Answered: 20 March 2025
Question
Caroline Voaden
Liberal Democrat — South Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure small businesses are supported during the implementation of the extended producer responsibility scheme.
Answer
Mary CreaghThe aim of packaging extended producer responsibility is to ensure businesses - rather than taxpayers - are responsible for the cost of dealing with packaging when it becomes waste. These plans will encourage manufacturers to reduce the amount of packagin...
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