Written questions

Packaging: Recycling

2026-07-12 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · 18438 · Official question

Mr Will Forster

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of EPR on the ability of businesses to meet recycling targets or to exceed them.

Answer

Packaging waste recycling targets, met by businesses through their recycling obligations, were set whilst taking account of the expected effects of Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) alongside other recycling reforms, including Simpler ...