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Recycling Target Announcement

10 November 2020


New recycling targets for 2021 and 2022 have now been officially published by Defra.

Targets are outlined in the table below: 

 2021 business target2022 business target
Paper 79.0% 83.0%
Glass 81.0% 82.0%
Of which by Remelt 72% 72%
Aluminium 66.0% 69.0%
Steel 86.0% 87.0%
Plastic 59.0% 61.0%
Wood 35.0% 35.0%
Overall recycling 76.00% 77.00%

In light of the removal of the Recovery target for 2021 and beyond, t2e will now withdraw Recovery from all future markets.