United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 38900
Plastics: Marine Environment
Introduced
22 April 2020
Last action
1 May 2020 · Answer
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Environment
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1 May 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) volume and (b) composition of plastic waste in UK territorial waters.
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22 April 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) volume and (b) composition of plastic waste in UK territorial waters.
Source: Commons
1 May 2020
Answer
Marine plastic litter can move with ocean currents, which makes it difficult to calculate how much is situated in UK territorial waters at any given point in time. Seafloor litter data is collected for the North Sea, English Channel, Celtic Sea and Irish ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-04-22/38900
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1189243
- uk · wq-1189243 · source updated 1 May 2020