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Recycling: Public Houses

2026-06-28 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · 13859 · Official question

Kevin Hollinrake

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the financial impact of Extended Producer Responsibility on pubs.

Answer

The Government published an updated assessment in October 2024 of the impact of introducing Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) when the regulations were laid before Parliament. The assessment considered impacts on packaging producers as...