Written questions

Packaging: Recycling

Commons · Question 237 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 19 May 2026

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to update the classification criteria for household and non-household packaging under Extended Producer Responsibility to better reflect real-world usage a

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 19 May 2026

Defra is working closely with stakeholders to assess all options to amend the household packaging definition (regulation 8) in the packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) regulations. This includes both sector-based interim measures, as well as ...