Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 74386

Plastics: Recycling

Tabled: 2 September 2025

Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Tristan Osborne

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of soft plastic recycling schemes operated by supermarkets.

Answer

Mary Creagh

Defra has not carried out a specific assessment of soft plastic recycling schemes offered by supermarkets. Under Defra’s Simpler Recycling reforms, The Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2024 require flexible plastics to be collected from kerbside ...

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