United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 35889
Compost: Plastics
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19 July 2021
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27 July 2021 · Answer
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27 July 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of compostable plastics on reducing the plastic contamination of (a) soil and (b) the sea.
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19 July 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of compostable plastics on reducing the plastic contamination of (a) soil and (b) the sea.
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27 July 2021
Answer
Ideally we want to tackle litter of all kinds, including plastics, to stop them from being released in the natural environment in the first place. Furthermore, when littered in the open environment, compostable plastics will typically behave similarly to ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-19/35889
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1348155
- uk · wq-1348155 · source updated 27 July 2021