Recycling
Commons · Question 6527 · Tabled 3 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Euan Stainbank
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) aluminium and (b) other materials collected under (i) the Deposit Return Scheme and (ii) Simpler Recycling are retained for (A) d
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 8 Jun 2026
Together, the Collection and Packaging Reforms - Simpler Recycling, Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) and a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) - will make recycling clearer and easier, which will help to reduce contamination, better preserve ...