Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 12 November 2024.
Ruth Jones
Chair, Welsh Affairs Committee, Chair, Welsh Affairs Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support businesses to transition away from plastic.
Mary Creagh
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Stakeholder engagement continues to be at the core of our packaging reforms, and we continue to engage with all sectors in bringing this policy into place. Additionally, Defra has updated guidance on all single-use plastic regulations to improve clarity on single-use plastic bans and restrictions.
Defra continues to engage with and support industry through the UK Plastics Pact to tackle plastic waste and pollution. The pact's membership represents two-thirds of all consumer packaging in the UK. Members have reduced their problematic and unnecessary plastic items by 84% since 2018.
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No2 people think not
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