Written questions

Recycling

Commons · Question 8441 · Tabled 10 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 17 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Steve Barclay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of waste that will be recycled in each of the next five years.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 17 Oct 2024

In 2022, the Waste from Households recycling rate in England was 43.4%. Figures for 2023/24 are provisionally scheduled for publication by January 2025. We have a long-term target to halve residual waste by 2042 and we are committed to achieving a municip...