Written questions

Packaging: Recycling

Commons · Question 45878 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Greg Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on (a) local economic growth and (b) the financial resilience of local au

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 29 Apr 2025

Extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR) and the packaging reforms more broadly, will deliver both positive environmental and economic benefits, supporting 21,000 jobs in our nations and regions, and stimulating more than 10 billion pounds in...