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Plastic Packaging Tax

Asked by Sir Alec ShelbrookeConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 23 December 2025UIN 100304

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review the scope of the Plastics Packaging Tax to exempt EN 13432–certified compostable materials; and what assessment has been made of the potential impact of including compostable materials within the

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

The Government keeps all taxes under review as part of the policymaking process. The Plastic Packaging Tax provides a price incentive for businesses to use recycled plastic in the manufacture of plastic packaging.

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