PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Packaging (5 March 2018)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise the adoption by manufacturers of packaging of environmentally friendly designs.
Asked by:
Anna McMorrin (Labour)
Asked by:
Anna McMorrin (Labour)
Answer
On 11 January 2018 we published our 25 Year Environment Plan that stated our ambition to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042 and, in particular, the waste from single use plastics.
As part of delivering this work, we will be exploring how we can develop our producer responsibility schemes to give producers greater incentives to design more resource efficient products, including packaging.
Answered by:
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Conservative)
12 March 2018
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