Beverage Containers: Recycling
Commons · Question 86965 · Tabled 30 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme’s glass packaging fees on the competitiveness of small and medium-sized beverage pro
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 5 Nov 2025
In autumn last year my department published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR) scheme on packaging producers as a whole, when the regulations were laid in parliament. This impact as...