Question follow-through · 33921
Plastics: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) define and (b) set standards for the use of (i) biodegradable and (ii) compostable plastics.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) define and (b) set standards for the use of (i) biodegradable and (ii) compostable plastics.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2025
Answer published
A Circular Economy Taskforce of experts has been convened from across government, industry, academia and civil society to help us develop a Circular Economy Strategy for England and a series of roadmaps detailing the interventions that the Government and ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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