Written questions

Plastics: Recycling

Commons · Question 33087 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 3 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Charlotte Nichols

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he taking to increase the recycling rates of soft plastics not normally collected at the kerbside.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 3 Mar 2025

Recyclable plastic film and flexible packaging is to be collected for recycling from both households and businesses across the UK by 31 March 2027. Waste is a devolved policy area. This will be implemented as part of Simpler Recycling in England, and the ...