Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to increase the amount of recycling of materials; if he will protect the level of recycling credits for local government; and if he will make a statement.

As stated in the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan we are committed to supporting comprehensive and frequent waste and recycling collections, and want to ensure that products are recycled as much as possible, returning high quality materials back to the economy. We will set out plans to increase recycling in the Resources and Waste Strategy to be published later this year. This will include taking forward our commitment in the Litter Strategy to work with stakeholders to explore how cost‑sharing arrangements (including recycling credits) for waste and recycling can work most effectively, especially in areas of two-tier authorities.