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Aluminium: Waste Disposal

Asked by Sarah HallLabour (Co-op)Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 3 September 2025UIN 72885

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to amend waste regulations to impose stricter controls on the (a) destinations and (b) environmental standards of aluminium scrap exports.

Answered by Mary Creagh

The Government takes the control of waste exports and our international obligations very seriously. The export of aluminium scrap is subject to strict controls and exporters are required to ensure that the waste they ship is managed in an environmentally sound manner throughout shipment and recycling. The Government has not issued any specific proposals to amend existing waste regulations relating to aluminium scrap.

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