Plastic Packaging Tax
Commons · Question 86441 · Tabled 29 Oct 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to increase the (a) Plastic Packaging Tax rate and (b) recycled content requirement to promote domestic recycling.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 7 Nov 2025
The Plastic Packaging Tax was introduced in April 2022 under the previous government and provides a price incentive for businesses to use recycled plastic in the manufacture of plastic packaging - thereby stimulating the collection and recycling of plasti...