Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 4 March 2025.
Rebecca Paul
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging scheme on the hospitality sector.
Mary Creagh
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In October 2024, the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the pEPR scheme on packaging producers as a whole. This impact assessment did not split the assessment by sector.
The Government has been engaging extensively with stakeholders from various sectors, including the hospitality sector, to continue to develop our understanding of the impacts of this policy. Feedback has been factored into the work on setting illustrative base fees as well as in considering where the legislation could be amended, both in a planned amending SI and for any future changes.
The Government will continue to monitor the impact of implementing the pEPR scheme on the packaging market.
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