Plastics: Waste

(asked on 22nd January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the use of plastic straws on the environment.


Answered by
Thérèse Coffey Portrait
Thérèse Coffey
This question was answered on 31st January 2018

We have made no specific assessment of the use of plastic straws on the environment, but are strongly supporting a number of the voluntary initiatives that are being led by the retail and hospitality sector.

Further to the Prime Minister’s call to eliminate avoidable plastic waste by 2042 and the Chancellor’s budget announcement in November 2017, officials from both Defra and HM Treasury are working closely on a call for evidence to be published shortly. This will seek views on how the tax system or charges could reduce the amount of single use plastics waste including plastic straws.

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