Plastics: Recycling
(asked on 31st January 2023) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Plastic Packaging Tax on trends in the rates of recycling for (a) flexible plastics and (b) films.
This question was answered on 8th February 2023
The Plastic Packaging Tax was introduced in April 2022 to encourage businesses to include more recycled plastic in packaging. This will increase demand for recycled plastic, which will stimulate increased levels of recycling and collection of plastic waste.
The government continues to keep all taxes under review and will consider conducting an evaluation of PPT after at least one year’s worth of monitoring data has been collected.