Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of packaging waste was recycled or recovered in each year since 2010.
The proportion of packaging waste that was recycled or recovered in each year since 2010 was:
% | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
% recycled | 60.7 | 60.8 | 61.4 | 64.6 | 59.2 | 59.1 |
% recovered | 67.3 | 67.1 | 69.1 | 72.7 | 64.1 | 65.1 |
The proportion of packaging waste that will be recycled or recovered in each of the next three years is:
% | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
% recycled | 62 | 58-60 | 63-67 |
% recovered | 67 | 63-65 | 58-62 |