A question on #Packaging #Recycling tabled by Jayne Kirkham on 24-03-2025 has been answered by Mary Creagh.

Heading: Packaging: Recycling
Question ID: 1787842
UIN: 40794
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-24
Asking Member ID: 5279
Asking Member display name: Jayne Kirkham
Asking Member handle: jaynekirkham4
Asking Member Twitter reference: @jaynekirkham4
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on the number of producers switching from glass to plastic packaging.
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Date answered: 2025-04-01
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Answering Member ID: 1579
Answering Member display name: Mary Creagh
Answering Member handle: marycreagh_
Answering Member Twitter reference: @marycreagh_
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Answer text: We have considered feedback from all material sectors, which has included including feedback from the glass sector on the risks of material switching towards plastic and fibre-based composite packaging. We have received limited evidence of decisions to in...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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