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1692249

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Recycling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure high recycling rates under the Simpler Recycling policy; and how such rates will be assessed to give consumers confidence.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayman of Ullock
uin	HL2794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Simpler Recycling will aim to make recycling clearer and more consistent across England. All household and non-household premises (such as businesses, schools and hospitals) across England will be able to recycle the same materials in the following core groups: metal; glass; plastic; paper and card; food waste; garden waste (household only). Furthermore, packaging producers will be required to label packaging as ‘Recycle’ or ‘Do Not Recycle’ adopting a single label format which incorporates the Recycle Now symbol.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 11/03/2024 12:19:21 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1692250

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Recycling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the effectiveness of introducing statutory guidance on Simpler Recycling which mandates the sorting of materials in order to be recycled by Material Recovery Facilities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayman of Ullock
uin	HL2795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>We recently consulted on the content of the statutory guidance for Simpler Recycling. We will publish our final statutory guidance once the regulations relating to Simpler Recycling have been made.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 11/03/2024 12:18:40 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1692251

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Recycling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the impact of mandating the sorting of co-mingled materials collected from households on increasing recycling rates under the Simpler Recycling policy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayman of Ullock
uin	HL2796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>As part of Simpler Recycling, we have consulted on the provision of an exemption to allow local authorities and waste collectors in England to co-collect two or more dry recyclable waste streams in the same container, and to co-collect food and garden waste together in one container, without the need for written assessment. This consultation is now closed and we are analysing the responses and feedback from stakeholders gathered through this process. We will communicate the outcome of the consultation in due course. Furthermore, we will publish our Final Impact Assessment for Simpler Recycling alongside secondary legislation in 2024 which will contain modelled impacts of the Simpler Recycling on recycling rates.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 11/03/2024 16:05:32 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1679451

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Simpler Recycling on recycling rates.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	7836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>Simpler Recycling will play a key part in helping us reach our ambition outlined the in the Resources and Waste Strategy 2018 to reach 65% recycling rate for municipal solid waste, with less than 10% ending up in landfill by 2035. We will be publishing our Final Impact Assessment for Simpler Recycling alongside secondary legislation in 2024 which will contain modelled impacts of the Simpler Recycling on recycling rates.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 16/01/2024 15:34:46 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1665056

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the waste hierarchy set out in section 12 of the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, what recent estimate her Department has made of the volume of waste material which are capable of being (a) kept in use for longer, (b) reused, (c) repaired and reused, (d) recycled into a new product or use, (e) used to produce fuel, heat or power, (f) incinerated without energy recovery and (g) sent to landfill in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	202749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>Defra does not hold estimates or collect this data at a whole economy level, nor does it have data relating to the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>Some research has been conducted on specific sectors. For instance, the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) estimated in 2012 that 32% of bulky waste taken to household waste recycling centres could be suitable for reuse. WRAP also estimated that up to 25% of electricals which are discarded by householders could be either repaired or reused.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to (d) recycled into a new product or use, the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1120055%2Fresources-and-waste-strategy-monitoring-progress-third-edition.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CCaroline.Tuck%40defra.gov.uk%7C727e98cc000643465ae008dbcefab766%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638331348428608741%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=kmb2h5numGXTaQqp7gqxnmx7UyBxacfWb9bmMLoDp0o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">resources and waste strategy monitoring progress report</a> contains an estimate based on 2017 data from WRAP that 53% of residual waste from household sources consisted of readily recyclable materials, with only 8% being completely unavoidable. Furthermore, of residual plastic waste from household sources, 25% consisted of readily recyclable plastics and a further 31% could be potentially recyclable with technologies in development.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to residual waste (e) to (g), we have not made an assessment of capable use within the last 12 months. However, we publish <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results" target="_blank">annual statistics on local authority collected waste management</a> as well as <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data" target="_blank">UK statistics on waste</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 24/10/2023 10:28:07 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1665059

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will report annually on recycling and recovery targets for England; and when she plans to publish the next such progress report.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	202752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>We shortly will be updating our local authority collected and managed waste statistical notice, which is published annually; this presents recycling rates for England and local authorities. We will also be updating our UK Statistics on Waste statistical notice, which is published annually, in May/June 2024 (provisional date) which also presents data on recycling rates, biodegradable municipal waste to landfill, commercial and industrial waste arising, and a recovery rate for construction and demolition waste for England and the UK.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/10/2023 16:11:29 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1659686

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to develop a more circular economy for resources.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	198830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of initiatives which promote a more circular economy.</p><p> </p><p>‘Maximising Resources, Minimising Waste’, the new Waste Prevention Programme for England, was published in July 2023. It outlined our ambitions for waste prevention across in relation to three cross cutting areas – designing out waste, systems and services and data and information; and seven key sectors: construction, textiles, furniture, electronic and electrical products, road vehicles, plastics and packaging and food. It sets out our priorities for action to manage resources and waste in accordance with the waste hierarchy and embeds our circular economy approach by retaining materials and goods in circulation for as long as possible and at their highest value.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 14/09/2023 11:41:06 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1656523

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) consulting widely on the design of the Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers, (b) improving kerbside recycling and (c) increasing glass remelt targets.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	196350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>UK Government, Welsh Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland consulted in 2019 and 2021 on the detail of introducing a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In January 2023 we published the government response to the 2021 consultation, setting out policy decisions and next steps for introducing the scheme (link <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fintroduction-of-a-deposit-return-scheme-in-england-wales-and-northern-ireland&amp;data=05%7C01%7CNaomi.Fitzgibbons%40defra.gov.uk%7C1ba394b40651483e163608dbade9810f%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638294990629793554%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=oLsdxwghULAtY%2FzT5Oz1azlJQ%2FRhuoYolLCeNUkLYB0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>). There was strong support, with 83% of consultation responses supporting the introduction of a DRS.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is working closely with devolved administrations and industry to support successful DRS delivery across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding kerbside recycling, following support at public consultation, new section 45 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (as amended by the Environment Act 2021) stipulates that all local authorities in England must make arrangements for a core set of materials to be collected for recycling from households. This core set includes: paper and card; plastic; glass; metal; food waste and garden waste. These materials must always be collected separately from residual waste so that they can be recycled. Commencement dates will be set out in regulations in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government response to the consultation on Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility published in March 2022 we set out our intention to increase the glass remelt target to 80% by 2030.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 06/09/2023 12:21:41 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1657296

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish a response to the consultation entitled Consistency in Household and Business Recycling in England, published in July 2021.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	196925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>We are working to publish the government response to the 2021 consultation as soon as possible. This will confirm implementation dates and provide further detail on regulations and funding to be made in advance of the implementation dates.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/09/2023 16:11:07 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1652379

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of trends in household recycling rates.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	193726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>In England, the 'waste from households' recycling rate increased from 41.9% in 2010/11 to 45.5% in 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 24/07/2023 15:03:52 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones