Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 85492

Plastics: Recycling

Tabled: 27 October 2025

Answered: 31 October 2025

Question

Adam Jogee

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the impact of the plastic waste export regime on recycling figures in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme, b) Staffordshire and c) England.

Answer

Mary Creagh

Waste plastic can generally only be exported from the UK for recycling. Where the UK cannot currently recycle materials economically, including plastic waste collected in Newcastle Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, and the wider country, exports can help ensure ...

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