Petition · past parliament
Review UK material recycling infrastructure in order to decrease packaging waste
Closed
52 signatures
What the petition asks
With China/far east now refusing to take our waste packaging, this will be returning to the UK. Currently the country recycling is done by region/council and capabilities vary wildly. This needs to be reviewed and consideration of a central facility with more recycling possibilities & effectiveness.
Each council can determine what they recycle.
Not enough variance of materials can be recycled - causing difficulty with recycling logos.
increases available post consumer recycled content for manufacturers to use.
Not enough variance of materials can be recycled - causing difficulty with recycling logos.
increases available post consumer recycled content for manufacturers to use.
Timeline
| 1 Jul 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 6 Nov 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
52
Status
Closed
Opened
1 Jul 2019
Closed
6 Nov 2019
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