Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on his Department's rates of recycling of plastic, paper, metal and other products; and if he will make a statement.

Ministry of Defence (MOD) policy is to improve waste management by reducing the overall amount of waste generated, reducing the amount going to landfill to less than 10% and increasing the proportion recycled in line with the Greening Government Commitments (GGC).

MOD performance against the GGC is reported in the GGC annual report and in the Departmental Annual Report and Accounts. Overall performance for 2019/20 was a 38% reduction in waste produced against the 2009/10 baseline.

In 2019/20, 7% of Defence's total produce waste was sent to landfill, 56% was assigned for recycled including anaerobic digestion and composting, 36% incinerated with energy recovery and 1% incinerated with no energy recovery.