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Glass: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the attractiveness of foreign investment in glass manufacturing in (a) the UK, (b) France and (c) Germany following the introduction of

answeredGavin RobinsonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
29 Oct 2025
Target answer date
3 Nov 2025
Answer
4 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the attractiveness of foreign investment in glass manufacturing in (a) the UK, (b) France and (c) Germany following the introduction of

  2. 3 Nov 2025

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  3. 4 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    My department has not undertaken an assessment of this specific topic, but has engaged extensively with other countries that operate extended producer responsibility schemes across the EU and across the world. Extended producer responsibility is an intern...

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Deposit Return Schemes: Wales

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the potential merits of excluding glass from the Welsh Deposit Return Scheme, to align with the schemes in Northern Ireland, E