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UIN 19297

Sewage: Microplastics

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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19 March 2024

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2 April 2024 · Answer

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2 April 2024

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the average amount of microplastics present in sewage sludge.

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  1. 19 March 2024

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the average amount of microplastics present in sewage sludge.

    Source: Commons

  2. 2 April 2024

    Answer

    Research has been performed to improve the understanding of microplastics in sewage sludge. Defra has contributed to the design and development of the UK Water Industry Research funded and led Chemicals Investigation Programme (CIP) in this area. While th...

    Source: Written answer

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