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Sanitary Products: Environment Protection

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 53971, tabled on 21 May 2025

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to carry out a comparative assessment of the potential impact of (a) disposable, (b) reusable and (c) other environmentally-friendly period products on the environment.

Answered on

5 June 2025

Defra has no plans to carry out a comparative assessment of the environmental impact of different types of period products.