It has been over two years since the Department closed its consultation on consistent collections (now known as simpler recycling), and it has not yet finalised or published its requirements. Simpler recycling is crucial for England meeting its municipal target recycling rate of 65% by 2035.21 The Department expects simpler recycling to increase recycling rates from 42% to 52–60% by 2035 which, without significant contributions from other projects, would leave it well short of its 2035 target...

It has been over two years since the Department closed its consultation on consistent collections (now known as simpler recycling), and it has not yet finalised or published its requirements. Simpler recycling is crucial for England meeting its municipal target recycling rate of 65% by 2035.21 The Department expects simpler recycling to increase recycling rates from 42% to 52–60% by 2035 which, without significant contributions from other projects, would leave it well short of its 2035 target to recycle 65% of municipal waste.22 Municipal waste is household waste and similar waste from other sources, for example from businesses. We received w Type: conclusion | Number: 11 | Response status: accepted Government response: 2.5 On 21 October 2023, the department published the government response to the Simpler Recycling consultation, formerly titled Consistency in Recycling in England. This laid out the materials in scope of collections and the implementation dates for Simpler Recycling.