Seas and Oceans: Pollution Control
(asked on 25th July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
What steps he is taking to tackle marine pollution.
This question was answered on 25th July 2019
Our Resources and Waste Strategy sets out actions we are taking, including a ban on the sale and/or supply of plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds by April 2020. We are leading global efforts through the Commonwealth Clean Ocean Alliance, which we support with a package worth up to £70m. We also work with the International Maritime Organisation to tackle litter from ships and are helping shape a new international action plan on shipping litter.