Screening: Medical Equipment

(asked on 24th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an assessment was made during the design stage of the covid-19 testing system of the environmental effects of plastic waste generated as a result of (a) PCR and (b) lateral flow covid-19 tests.


Answered by
Maggie Throup Portrait
Maggie Throup
This question was answered on 3rd March 2022

No assessment was made. However, work on improving the environmental and sustainability aspects of all testing products is continuing.

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