Food: Packaging
Commons · Question 18182 · Tabled 5 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of material switching by food producers currently using metal food cans on (a) UK food security and (b) the (i) recyclability of a
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 13 Jan 2025
The Scheme Administrator will study what measures may be needed to mitigate against material switching, where switching may produce perverse environmental outcomes. As pEPR places the cost of disposing of packaging back on those who place packaging on the...