Packaging: Recycling
Commons · Question 5815 · Tabled 1 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has given to amending the Extended Producer Responsibility base fees to introduce a sub-category for fibre-based composites containing between 5% and 15% non-fib
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 4 Jun 2026
Under pEPR, a fibre-based composite material is paper or card which has a plastic content, usually in the form of laminated layers which cannot be separated by hand, of more than 5%. This category distinguishes packaging with layers of plastic from paper ...