Packaging: Recycling
Commons · Question 15592 · Tabled 2 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Peter Fortune
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the extended producer responsibility scheme does not reduce investment in UK manufacturing.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 9 Jul 2026
Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) is designed to move the cost of managing household packaging waste from taxpayers to producers, while supporting investment in recycling. Defra and PackUK continue to engage with industry, including pa...