Written questions

Glass: Recycling

Commons · Question 5062 · Tabled 10 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of new illustrative fees for the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on glass as an infinitely recyclable material.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 17 Sep 2024

The 2022 Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR) impact assessment made an assessment of the impact of introducing the scheme on packaging producers as a whole. This impact assessment covers glass, but does not split the assessment by sector...