Asked by: Thérèse Coffey (Conservative - Suffolk Coastal)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the size of the global market for recycled rigid plastics; and what steps his Department is taking to develop (a) recycling capabilities of local authorities and (b) the global market for recycled rigid plastics.
Answered by Robbie Moore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
In December 2018, the UK Government published its Resources and Waste Strategy. This sets out how we will achieve a circular economy for plastic and achieve our ambition to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042. Our goal is to maximise resource efficiency and minimise waste (including plastic) - by following the principles of the waste hierarchy: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – to keep plastic in circulation for longer. We will do this by making producers more responsible for the plastic they make with our incoming Collection and Packaging Reforms.
Simpler Recycling will make recycling clearer and more consistent across England. Local authorities will be required to collect the same materials from households in the following core groups: metal; glass; plastic: paper and card; food waste; garden waste by March 2026 (with plastic film collections being introduced by March 2027). This will reduce confusion with recycling to improve recycling rates, ensuring there is more recycled material in the products we buy, and the UK recycling industry will grow. As well as Simpler Recycling, we are introducing Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging and a Deposit Return Scheme.
To tackle the use of virgin plastics, the Government brought in the Plastic Packaging Tax in April 2022, a tax of over £200 per tonne on plastic packaging manufactured in, or imported into the UK, that does not contain at least 30% recycled plastic. We have since increased the tax to £217.85 per tonne and will continue to monitor the situation and adjust accordingly.
There is a growing global demand for recycled plastics, including recycled rigid plastics. For example, IMARC estimates the size of the global plastic recycling market in 2023 to be $42bn and projects it to grow to $62bn by 2032.
With 35% plastic content, the Government earlier this year consulted on measures to reduce the 155,000 tonnes of small electricals that are thrown in the bin annually. The government response will be published in due course.
Correspondence Apr. 23 2024
Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)Found: Cones knee - 400 Tibial Cones knee - 400 Acetabuler Mesh Hip - 500 Acetabuler Ring Hip - 500 Acetabuler Metal
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Source Page: Recovered appeal: land to the north of Cambridge North Station, Cambridge (ref: 3315611 - 23 April 2024)Found: sample panels of all bricks proposed to be used on site, together with sheeting material to be used for metal
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Source Page: WA8 0TL, Global Metal Recycling Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/NB3332RD/V003Found: WA8 0TL, Global Metal Recycling Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/NB3332RD
Mentions:
1: Steve Double (Con - St Austell and Newquay) growing our economy while reducing our carbon emissions.Cornwall has produced virtually every battery metal - Speech Link
2: Cherilyn Mackrory (Con - Truro and Falmouth) In Europe, the energy costs are simply too high, and we must use carbon to melt the metal. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Shaun Bailey (Con - West Bromwich West) able to contribute to this debate, because although they say the Black Country was built on coal and metal - Speech Link
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Source Page: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024Found: welcome the steps taken by the UK and U.S. to stop the trade of new Russian base metals on their global metal
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Source Page: DE7 4BG, Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling Limited: environmental permit issued - EPR/MP3430AM/V006Found: to 450,000 tonnes of IBA from the thermal treatment of municipal solid waste and 50,000 tonnes of metal
Apr. 18 2024
Source Page: DE7 4BG, Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling Limited: environmental permit issued - EPR/MP3430AM/V006Found: The operator confirmed that they have a metal shredder with dust extraction.