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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to use the Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging scheme to increase the supply of separated plastic waste to domestic recycling facilities.

Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging funds the efficient management of household packaging waste, while modulated fees incentivise producers to use more recyclable packaging. Alongside Packaging Waste Recycling Notes, which support reprocessing, the scheme can help increase the supply of recyclable material, including separated plastic waste, and support domestic recycling infrastructure.