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Packaging: Recycling

Asked by Alan GemmellLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 24211

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Extended Producer Responsibility on businesses in Central Ayrshire.

Answered by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

pEPR in the UK has some of the most generous support measures for small businesses across any packaging scheme globally, including an exemption from disposal fees and recycling obligations for producers with an annual turnover below £2 million and packaging tonnage below 50 tonnes.

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