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Sanitary Products: Waste Disposal

Asked by Anneliese DoddsLabour (Co-op)Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 1 April 2025UIN 41919

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the environmental impact of disposable period products and (a) environmentally friendly and (b) reusable products.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Defra has not carried out a comparative assessment of the environmental impact of different types of period products.

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