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Beverage Containers: Recycling

Commons · Question 45171 · Tabled 8 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 23 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether all (a) glass, (b) steel, (c) aluminium and (d) PET drinks containers are subject to reporting and payment of Extended Producer Responsibility in Wales.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 23 Apr 2025

All steel, aluminium and PET plastic drinks containers across the UK are exempt from pEPR disposal fees but remain subject to reporting and recycling (PRN) obligations until Deposit Return Schemes (DRS’s) enter into operation. Should DRS’s not enter into ...