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Packaging: Tax Allowances

Commons · Question 40291 · Tabled 21 Mar 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 31 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) tax incentives to help reduce packaging waste.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 31 Mar 2025

There are a several tax incentives already in place to reduce plastic waste. These include the Plastic Packaging Tax, which encourages use of more recycled plastic in packaging and Landfill Tax, which encourages waste to be diverted from landfill to more ...