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.