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Packaging: Recycling

Commons · Question 126335 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 16 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Aphra Brandreth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adding blister packs to the list of waste that must be collected by waste collectors; and what consideration she has made of the

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 16 Apr 2026

Following support at public consultation, the Environment Act 2021 introduced new requirements for all local authorities in England to make arrangements for a core set of materials to be collected for recycling from all households: paper and card; plastic...