Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 72841

Agriculture: Recycling

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Anna Gelderd

LabourSouth East Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing performance standards for material recovery facilities to ensure purity of all material bales.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Simpler Recycling requires the following recyclable waste streams from all households and workplaces in England: glass, metal, plastic, paper and card, food waste (and garden waste from households only). These measures will increase the quantity of dry re...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 72841) →