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Cans and Glass: Recycling

Commons · Question 86047 · Tabled 28 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 4 Nov 2025

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Asked by Connor Rand

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the extended producer responsibility regulations on the costs of (a) reporting, (b) compliance and (c) other matters for (i) sma

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Answered by Mary Creagh, 4 Nov 2025

A full impact assessment of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 is available. Impact on wider producers is covered in Section 8 of that impact assessment. Around 70% of producers, including many smaller...