Simpler Recycling FAQs

The simpler recycling legislation mandates that all businesses and non-household premises with ten or more full-time employees must separate recyclable materials including plastic, paper and card, glass, metals, and food waste from...

The Defra Simpler Recycling scheme is a government initiative aimed at standardising recycling practices across England. It requires businesses and non-household premises with ten or more employees to separate recyclable materials...

Under the simpler collection plans in England, recyclable materials must be separated into four separate streams, including food waste, paper and card, dry recyclable materials (plastic, metal and glass), and residual waste, rather than being placed...

DEFRA has set targets for the UK to achieve a recycling rate of 60 percent by 2030 and 65 percent by 2035 as part of the Government’s wider Resources and Waste Strategy. They expect simpler recycling to increase recycling rates from...