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Beverage Containers: Recycling

Commons · Question 86966 · Tabled 30 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 5 Nov 2025

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Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of delaying the full implementation of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme to review its impact on small producers of gla

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Answered by Mary Creagh, 5 Nov 2025

Packaging extended producer responsibility is an important part of government’s wider commitment to transition to a circular economy. It is the cornerstone of the packaging reforms and delivers a £1.4 billion investment to local councils to deliver better...