Plastics: Pollution Control
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her department is taking to help reduce plastic pollution.
Answered by Mary Creagh
We have several restrictions on unnecessary single-use plastic products, including a ban on the supply of single-use vapes and a ban on supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic in England, marking a major step forward in tackling the plastic and microplastic pollution that harms our waterways.
The UK is a leading voice in the negotiations for a new international, legally binding treaty on plastic pollution and a founding member of the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution, a group of over 70 countries calling for an ambitious and effective treaty that will end plastic pollution by 2040.
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