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Chris Bryant

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Thursday 6th February 2020

(4 years, 10 months ago)

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I welcome the hon. Member to—

Chris Bryant Portrait Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)
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The establishment. [Laughter.]

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To the establishment! A knighthood cannot be far behind.

An investigation by Footprint, whose findings were published in July, found that all the compostable packaging collected in the Houses of Parliament between October 2018 and May 2019 was incinerated rather than composted. Can the hon. Gentleman confirm that that is not the case, and that no further compostable waste has been incinerated since May 2019? Can he also share some of the challenges involved in trying to introduce composting on such a huge estate with other organisations that are seeking to introduce it?

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