Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her policy is on her Department's rates of recycling of plastic, paper, metal and other products; and if he will make a statement.

As mandated by Cabinet Office, the Department support the Greening Government Commitments and report publicly on waste management targets. Significant efforts have been afforded to reducing and recycling waste across the Department Estate, to reduce the overall amount of waste generated.

One initiative is the phased installation of new recycling bins to the largest waste producing sites and associated signage/awareness campaigns. The bins provide an opportunity to separate out Dry Mixed Recyclables, which includes paper and plastic waste.