Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 126905

Plastics: Recycling

Tabled: 13 April 2026
Answered: 16 April 2026

Question

Clive Jones

Liberal DemocratWokingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has had discussions with the European Commission on the exclusion of UK recyclate from the Single Use Plastics Directive.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Yes. The UK Government has raised Directive (EU) 2019/904 (the Single Use Plastics Directive) and associated implementing decisions with the EU Commission.