Recycling: Plastic Bottles Debate
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Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
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Recycling: Plastic Bottles
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington Excerpts(7 years, 8 months ago)
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Lord Gardiner of Kimble
My Lords, I have never taken the noble Lord to be anything other than courteous, and I do not take what he said in any untoward sense. On what he said about the plastic bag charge, there are 6 billion fewer plastic bags in circulation and the 5p charge has raised £29 million for good causes. These are good examples. I am sure that when the litter strategy is launched, as I hope it will be soon, the noble Lord will agree that we are trying to be—and will be—ambitious.
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington (Con)
My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the WRAP board. My noble friend will be aware of WRAP’s consistency framework, which should help drive up recycling rates of not just plastic but other commonly collected waste streams. Although the framework was launched only in September, can my noble friend update the House on how it is going with local authorities?