Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) what conclusions she has drawn from recent engagement with representatives of affected industries on the implementation of international best-practice Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging and (b) which specific best practice principles she plans to implement when EPR is introduced in January 2024.

We have considered the approach of many international Extended Producer Responsibility schemes for packaging and drawn on this experience in developing our proposals for the UK. We will continue to engage with obligated businesses as we prepare for implementation and as we develop the next phases of EPR. In doing so we will continue to keep abreast of international best practice and learn from industries experience of schemes in other countries.