PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Packaging: Waste (6 December 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of packaging waste which will be recycled or recovered in each of the next three years.
Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)
Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)
Answer
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 | 58-62 |
% recovered | 67 | 63-65 | 63-67 |
Answered by:
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Conservative)
12 December 2016
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