A question on #BeverageContainers #Recycling tabled by Afzal Khan on 30-05-2025 has been answered by Mary Creagh.

Heading: Beverage Containers: Recycling
Question ID: 1806748
UIN: 55181
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-30
Asking Member ID: 4671
Asking Member display name: Afzal Khan
Asking Member handle: AfzalKhanMCR
Asking Member Twitter reference: @AfzalKhanMCR
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of recycling rates for (a) plastic, (b) metal and (c) glass beverage containers.
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Date answered: 2025-06-09
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Answering Member ID: 1579
Answering Member display name: Mary Creagh
Answering Member handle: marycreagh_
Answering Member Twitter reference: @marycreagh_
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Answer text: Defra has not made an assessment of trends in the levels of recycling rates for plastic, metal and glass beverage containers.However, Defra’s Impact Assessment for the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) uses external estimates of the recycling rates for beverage...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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