Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 110767

Aluminium: Recycling

Tabled: 4 February 2026

Answered: 9 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Tessa Munt

Liberal Democrat — Wells and Mendip Hills

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is his Department's policy on the recycling of aluminium in the UK.

Answer

Chris McDonald

The UK 2024 Criticality Assessment, commissioned by the Department for Business and Trade, recognises aluminium as a critical mineral essential to the UK’s green energy transition.The Government recognises the importance of scrap metals, including alumini...

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