Packaging: Recycling
Commons · Question 44040 · Tabled 3 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Simpler recycling: workplace recycling in England, published on 29 November 2024, whether offices are now required to rinse or wash
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 9 Apr 2025
Yes, as of 31 March 2025 all workplaces with ten or more full-time equivalent employees, including offices, must separate out recycling (plastic, metal, glass, paper and card) and food waste for recycling. Recyclables should be rinsed to remove any food o...