Tessa Munt

WasteDataFlow does not include a total aluminium packaging category, although does collect information on aluminium cans and foil.

Information provided by each Local Authority is published in the full dataset here (Q100 Waste collection data England 2024-25). This includes end destinations of waste when provided (columns L-P), including Outside UK.

PackUK is planning to launch a Call for Evidence to inform future approaches to fee modulation. Further details will be communicated to stakeholders in due course.

The Defra funded WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme) and MRW (Materials Recycling World) have published a Material Recycling Weekly price report for over fifteen years. This is a weekly publication that users can access free of charge.

Defra is finalising the drafting of the legislation to withdraw the T8 waste exemption for end-of-life tyres, and it will be laid in parliament when parliamentary time allows.

Regarding domestic reprocessing, there are a range of options for recycling tyres including the granulation of tyres for incorporation into carpet underlay, for sports and safety surfaces, as well as use as a fuel in cement kilns. The Government is committed to the wider transition towards a circular economy where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out.

(a) The Environment Agency (EA) has served 50 prohibition notices on exporters of waste tyres from England.

(b) The EA has restricted exports to 31 destination facilities where exporters were unable to provide satisfactory return-tracking evidence, including the required geo-tagged proof of arrival. The restrictions prevent exports of waste tyres to those facilities.

Between October 2025 and July 2026, the EA carried out enhanced checks on more than 10,000 waste tyre shipments. These checks did not identify evidence of widespread exports to batch pyrolysis facilities. In light of these findings, the Environment Agency has revised its regulatory approach to provide proportionate assurance across the sector while targeting activity on operators that present the highest risk of non-compliance.

The Environment Agency's (EA) enhanced verification checks, which required evidence to demonstrate that waste had been correctly received overseas, examined more than 10,000 waste tyre shipments between October 2025 and July 2026 and found no evidence of widespread diversion to illegal pyrolysis. The EA has therefore moved to a risk-based approach, focusing scrutiny on operators of concern while maintaining regulatory oversight. The EA has not identified adverse impacts of this approach on compliant UK recyclers.

Future phases of Digital Waste Tracking are planned to strengthen information reporting requirements for exports of Article 18 wastes, including waste tyres.

The Environment Agency's (EA) enhanced compliance checks found no evidence of widespread diversion to illegal pyrolysis. As a result, it does not currently require digital Annex VII documentation or geo-tagged proof of arrival for every shipment.

The EA regulates waste shipments using an intelligence-led, risk-based approach. It may require digital Annex VII documentation, geo-tagged evidence of arrival, or other supporting information from individual operators where risk assessments or compliance concerns indicate that enhanced scrutiny is necessary.

The EA keeps its regulatory controls under review and will continue to assess whether additional measures are required to ensure compliance with waste shipment controls, while maintaining a proportionate and effective approach to regulation.

Defra is aware of Australia's shred-only policy for exports of waste tyres, and officials have met with stakeholders, including from Australia, to better understand the rationale for the policy, its implementation, and the impacts reported to date.

The Department continues to monitor international approaches to waste tyre management and considers a range of evidence when assessing options for improving the environmental outcomes associated with end-of-life tyres and strengthening the circular economy.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to her on 4 June 2026 to PQ UIN 6743.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to her on 9 June 2026 for PQ UIN 6745.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to her on 9 June 2026 for PQ UIN 6742.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to her on 9 June 2026 for PQ UIN 6746.

Under EU Regulation 2024/1157, the EU is restricting exports of ‘green list’ waste, including end-of-life tyres, to non-OECD countries from 21 May 2027. Non-OECD countries will, however, be able to apply to the European Commission for an exemption from this restriction. An initial list of exempt non-OECD countries is expected to be published by the European Commission by 21 December 2026. It is, therefore, not possible to assess the impact this will have on the UK market for end-of-life tyres or the risk that the UK is used to bypass these restrictions at this time.

As of 10 June 2026, the Environment Agency (EA) has 66 receiving sites in India that it has assessed as suitable to receive waste tyres. There are shipments beyond 16 weeks for 20 of these sites. For these shipments, the EA has received information explaining the delays.

The criteria include having the relevant permits, authorisations and contracts in place to move and process waste tyres. Approved recovery sites must have the Indian tyres extended producer responsibility registration. Evidence of these is assessed on a site-by-site basis.

These requirements align with the Basel Convention Environmentally Sound Management guidance.

The Environment Agency is not currently planning to remove or replace the requirement for geo‑tagged photographs. Where geo-tagged photos are not available alternative evidence will be considered.

Government is engaging with the Indian authorities, including the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, to confirm their legal position on the regulatory controls that apply for the import of end-of-life tyres to India. We continue to work with our Indian counterparts to ensure that waste, including end of life tyres, is recovered and recycled in compliance with the relevant regulations.

As of 5 June 2026, the Environment Agency has issued seven prohibition notices to exporters that failed to comply with the requirement to provide post-shipment information within the revised sixteen-week deadline.

The Environment Agency (EA) does not currently record information on a central system or in a way that allows it to identify how many exporters and brokers issued with a warning notice have come into compliance. The EA is updating its processes to enable this information to be captured in future.

The Environment Agency’s (EA) data is maintained as a rolling operational dataset. The EA is currently unable to identify how many of the shipments that were non-compliant in this period are now compliant. Collating it within the time available would incur disproportionate cost as each shipment would have to be checked manually.

The Environment Agency (EA) has now received post‑shipment information for 531 of the 548 shipments. The EA is now following up with the exporters of the remaining 17 shipments to ensure that the material has been taken to an appropriate facility.

The Environment Agency received post-shipment information for 2,503 of 3,315 shipments. This amendment to the total is because of shipments being initially reported which were out of scope. All of the 812 late submissions have been followed up with the exporter.

1,059 of the 2,503 shipments have not supplied geo-tagged photos, but have provided alternative evidence to demonstrate that material had been correctly received.

In 2023 there were 109,638 tonnes of waste packaging aluminium reported to the Environment Agency as being exported from England via the Packaging Export Recovery Note system. In 2024 there were 105,821 tonnes reported, in 2025 there were 103,888 tonnes reported.

This total includes waste packaging aluminium, as opposed to just aluminium cans, as figures are recorded by material rather than packaging types.

Between 2 February 2026 and 2 March 2026 the Environment Agency received 1301 Annex VII pre-shipment submissions relating to the export of waste tyres/rubber to India.

The Environment Agency (EA) is thoroughly reviewing why there is post-shipment information outstanding beyond the eight-week deadline from 16 of the 50 approved sites.

Their assessment of information from overseas partners, operators and the World Customs Organization suggest that, while an eight‑week timeframe is sometimes achievable, it does not reflect current global logistics timelines.

The EA’s is satisfied that extending the deadline from eight to sixteen weeks is reasonable based on the available data. This is because it continues to strengthen traceability and compliance, and provides better protection for legitimate operators, without undermining its work to ensure that waste tyres are managed appropriately.

The Environment Agency (EA) is working through a significant submission of data from exporters and will be able to confirm the position by 2 April 2026. Thus far, the EA is not aware of any additional information relating to any of the 16 sites.

Work continues on the drafting of the legislation which covers the whole package of waste exemption reforms, including the removal of the T8 exemption, and the timing remains subject to Parliamentary time. When the Regulations come into force the published transition periods will begin. For the T8 exemption this is 3 months.

Following a reconciliation process, the Environment Agency confirms that 3,277 Annex VII forms were submitted at least 3 days prior to shipment between 28 October 2025 and 2 February 2026. This minor amendment results from shipments being initially reported which were out of scope.

Of the 3,277 shipments, 1,398 exceeded the 16-week deadline (30 March 2026) to provide post-shipment information.

Of these 1398 shipments, the Environment Agency has:

• received 820 post-shipment Annex VII forms that consist of:
  • 287 complete post-shipment Annex VII forms with geotagged evidence demonstrating the shipment arrived at the intended recovery facility in India
  • 533 post-shipment Annex VII forms that are considered non-compliant to varying extents because of missing, incomplete or incorrect information including issues with geotagging. The Environment Agency has followed up on each of these with further compliance and enforcement activity

• followed up on all of the 548 shipments that still have information pending after the 16-week deadline. This can include serving prohibition notice, issuing a warning or requesting further information.