United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 182820
Sewage: Waste Disposal
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26 April 2023
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4 May 2023 · Answer
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4 May 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce (a) microplastic wastewater discharges and (b) illegal wastewater discharges.
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26 April 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce (a) microplastic wastewater discharges and (b) illegal wastewater discharges.
Source: Commons
4 May 2023
Answer
The UK Water Industry Research project (performed by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) reported in April 2022 that wastewater treatment plants remove 99% of microplastics by number and 99.5% by mass. We will not let companies get away with illegal activi...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-04-26/182820
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1623977
- uk · wq-1623977 · source updated 4 May 2023