Written questions

Plastics: Recycling

Commons · Question 83259 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 27 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Sammy Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the weight-based Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme on the use of plastic containers.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 27 Oct 2025

In autumn last year my department published an assessment of the impacts of implementing extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR), including on inflation, when the regulations were laid in parliament. However, this impact assessment does not ...