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Plastics: Recycling

Asked by Clive JonesLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 16 April 2026UIN 126905

The question

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.

Answered by Mary Creagh

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

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