Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 101494

Waste Disposal: Packaging

Tabled: 18 December 2025

Answered: 6 January 2026

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Question

Nadia Whittome

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will provide local authorities with funding from the Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging scheme to tackle ground litter.

Answer

Mary Creagh

This Government remains committed to tackling litter. However, payments to Local Authorities for tackling ground litter are currently outside the scope of the packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) regulations. The deposit return scheme (DRS) f...

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