questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to prevent plastic contamination in (a) steel and (b) other metals exported for recycling.
answerText: Under UK legislation on shipments of waste most non-hazardous waste metals, including steel, can be exported for recycling under green list controls if they are clean and sorted, with minimal contamination, and only if the receiving country has indicated ...
heading: Metals: Recycling