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Packaging: Recycling

Asked by Deirdre CostiganLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 14 October 2024UIN 6784

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of incentives under the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme to encourage the use of reusable packaging.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Re-use has a significant role to play in driving down unnecessary waste, and the introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging will encourage use of reusable and refillable packaging.

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