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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure all food products contain clear information about recycling on their packaging; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on a consistent labelling system on recycling.

The Government is already taking action here. As we stated in the response to our 2021 consultation on Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging, we will introduce mandatory recyclability labelling on all product packaging. Producers will be required to label packaging to indicate whether it is recyclable or not, as part of a clear, consistent, UK-wide labelling scheme, which will come into force from next year.