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Plastics: Waste

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 12998, tabled on 6 November 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish a schedule of plastic bans.

Answered on

12 November 2024

The Government is currently considering the actions that can be taken to address the challenges associated with single-use plastic products and is committed to moving to a circular economy. As a part of this transition, managing and reducing plastic waste and following the principles of the waste hierarchy: reduce, reuse, recycle, will be crucial.

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