Plastics: Waste

(asked on 9th July 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of plastic waste the UK sends abroad for recycling.


Answered by
Thérèse Coffey Portrait
Thérèse Coffey
This question was answered on 12th July 2018

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs provide estimates of the amount of plastic waste exported overseas. The most recent estimate for 2017 was 661 kilo tonnes. The destination countries for UK waste exports in 2017 can be found using the following link:

https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Table.aspx

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