Drugs: Packaging
Commons · Question 12079 · Tabled 23 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help replace aluminium and PVC medical blister packs with recyclable polypropylene blister packs.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 29 Jun 2026
Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging is designed to incentivise producers to use packaging that is easier to recycle, including through fee modulation from year two of the scheme. All medical packaging, including blister packs, must be assessed ...