Written questions

Plastics: Recycling

Commons · Question 126905 · Tabled 13 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 16 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

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

Answered by Mary Creagh, 16 Apr 2026

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