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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of plastic packaging has gone to landfill in each of the last five years.

The following information gives a breakdown of wastes described as plastic packaging under the European Waste Classification (EWC) code 15 01 02, that have been accepted at permitted landfill sites in England from 2011 to 2015. These quantities are given in tonnes.

Note: The 2012 data consists of a large quantity of waste accepted by one landfill site of 20,664 tonnes.