To: The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Make padded envelopes and bubblewrap recyclable

Work with local authorities and with the manufacturers and retailers of bubblewrap and padded envelopes, such as Jiffy Bags, to ensure that recycling facilities for such materials are widely available throughout the UK.

Why is this important?

At present, recycling facilities for such materials are very few and far between, and do not exist at all in many areas of the UK. Many people frequently receive parcels sent in padded envelopes, or containing bubblewrap. Such materials are then usually sent to landfill or incinerated, adding to greenhouse gas emissions.

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