Written questions

Plastics: Packaging

Commons · Question 97860 · Tabled 8 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 16 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Department has made of the volume of plastic packaging placed on the UK market in the last year.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 16 Dec 2025

For 2024, there are two available estimates for the volume of plastic packing placed on the market for the UK. These estimates are based on different methodologies and data sources (PackFlow and Reported Packaging Data) and so produce slightly different f...