Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 88039

Aluminium: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Sarah Hall

Labour (Co-op)Warrington South

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of strengthening waste regulations (a) for the list of approved destinations of and (b) on the environmental standards f

Answer

Mary Creagh
We are currently considering the role of exports in dealing with the UK’s scrap aluminium and how they can complement domestic recycling efforts. Overseas facilities receiving UK waste must be operated in accordance with standards that are broadly equival...

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