Sunday 5 February 2012 | 01:04

Packaging recycling targets

Defra aim to try and set targets for recovery and recycling at least three years in advance and if they need to make adjustments to the targets then they must go through a consultation process which takes many months.

The targets for 2008, 2009 and 2010 are shown below.

	2008	2009	2010
Paper/card	67.5%	68.5%	69.5%
Glass	78.0%	80.0%	81.0%
Aluminium	35.0%	38.0%	40.0%
Steel	68.0%	68.5%	69.0%
Plastic	26.0%	27.0%	29.0%
Wood	20.5%	21.0%	22.0%
Overall recycling	66.2%	67.2%	68.1%
Overall recovery	72.0%	73.0%	74.0%