Opinion

Household recycling rates in England increased from 11% in the 2000-01 financial year to 42% in 2021-22. However, in recent years household recycling rates have plateaued at around 42% to 44%. In a welcome move to address this, the last Government repealed EU-derived waste collection requirements by proposing a simplified set of requirements through the Environment Act 2021, later known as the Simpler Recycling Reform.

We have a new government, committed to reinstating the targets for achieving net zero and the 2030 ban on selling new internal combustion engine (ICE) cars.