Waste, recycling and pollution

A theme within the brief Climate and nature.

Contributions: 481; in the Sixth Senedd
Members who raised it: 48
Latest month: 0; March 2026

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Contributions tagged in each month of the Sixth Senedd. No sittings were held in December 2024, February 2025, March 2025, April 2025, May 2025, June 2025, July 2025, August 2025, September 2025, October 2025, November 2025 and December 2025.

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Month	Contributions
January 2024	35
February 2024	22
March 2024	23
April 2024	26
May 2024	53
June 2024	208
July 2024	23
August 2024	0
September 2024	29
October 2024	48
November 2024	14
December 2024	No sittings
January 2025	0
February 2025	No sittings
March 2025	No sittings
April 2025	No sittings
May 2025	No sittings
June 2025	No sittings
July 2025

Which parties raise it

Independent1.1%
2 of 189
Welsh Labour1.1%
219 of 20,697
Welsh Conservatives0.93%
83 of 8,921
Plaid Cymru0.42%

Latest contributions

481 contributions in the Sixth Senedd, newest first.

Jenny RathboneLabour
15 October 2024Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Circular economy opportunities and outcomes of Circular Economy Hotspot Cymru 2024
…by Delyth Jewell, which is around these local authorities who are struggling to achieve the 70 per cent recycling rate, because it's a conversation I've had in different parts of the country in the last few months, and I think the most overwhelming argument is that if you don't recycle—separate your…
Tagged for: “recycling”Official Record
Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour
15 October 2024Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Circular economy opportunities and outcomes of Circular Economy Hotspot Cymru 2024
…but actually it's a valuable commodity if we use it in the right way. So, just to touch on the food waste, which I'm glad to see you've raised there, in ‘Beyond Recycling’ our approach is we are setting targets to reduce avoidable food waste

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A contribution is tagged when its English text contains one of these phrases. Capital letters don't matter, except in abbreviations, which must match exactly. It is also tagged when the title of the agenda item or question it was part of contains one, as long as the contribution is at least 30 words long.

Phrases

“recycling”
“waste management”
“food waste”
“household waste”
“plastic waste”
“waste collection”
“waste collections”
“waste crime”
“illegal waste”
“landfill”
“fly-tipping”
“litter”
“deposit return”
“deposit return scheme”
“circular economy”
“single-use plastics”
“single-use plastic”
“extended producer responsibility”
“air quality”
“air pollution”
“polluter pays”

Abbreviations

“DRS”

Member	Contributions	Share of their speeches
Huw Irranca-Davies Labour Deputy First Minister of Wales	655.7%	5.7%65 of 1,133
Carolyn Thomas Labour	292.5%	2.5%29 of 1,147
Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative	213.2%	3.2%21 of 647
Vaughan Gething Labour First Minister of Wales	211.9%	1.9%21 of 1,079
Jane Hutt Labour	171.9%	1.9%17 of 910
Jenny Rathbone Labour	161.0%	1.0%16 of 1,587
Paul Davies Conservative	121.2%	1.2%12 of 964
Llyr Gruffydd Plaid	120.63%	0.63%12 of 1,909
Gareth Davies Conservative	102.5%	2.5%10 of 405
Delyth Jewell Plaid	100.66%	0.66%10 of 1,504

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