128194 - Plastics: Hertfordshire (Answered)

Mrs Anne Main
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Departments holds on the volume of plastic waste from the recycling facilities in Hertfordshire that has been sent to (a) landfill, (b) incineration, (c) energy recovery and (d) exported abroad.

Dr Thérèse Coffey

Defra does not hold specific data on the volume of plastic waste from recycling facilities in Hertfordshire that was landfilled, incinerated, sent to energy recovery or exported. This is because data is not structured specifically around material streams or facilities and regions in this way.

Under separate Producer Responsibility Obligations for packaging, where plastic packaging accounts for around 60% of total plastics arising’s in 2014, there are no accredited plastic reprocessors or accredited plastic exporters situated in Hertfordshire.