Tessa Munt: DBT: Written Answers (1)

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Written Question

Aluminium: Recycling

Monday 9th February 2026

Asked by: Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat - Wells and Mendip Hills)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is his Department's policy on the recycling of aluminium in the UK.

Answered by Chris McDonald - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The UK 2024 Criticality Assessment, commissioned by the Department for Business and Trade, recognises aluminium as a critical mineral essential to the UK’s green energy transition.

The Government recognises the importance of scrap metals, including aluminium. As we develop the Circular Economy Growth Plan, we will consider the evidence for action right across the economy and evaluate what interventions may be needed.