| Heading: |
Recycling: Packaging |
| Question ID: |
1785706 |
| UIN: |
39100 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4778 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Greg Smith
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gregsmith_uk
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@gregsmith_uk
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the extended producer responsibility scheme does not disproportionately impact (a) consumer choice and (b) product availability. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1579 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mary Creagh
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| Answering Member handle: |
marycreagh_
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@marycreagh_
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| Answer text: |
Through making producers responsible for the costs of managing the packaging they use; packaging extended producer responsibility will incentivise producers to use less packaging and transition to re-usable or easy-to-recycle packaging. Defra have not ide... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |