Question follow-through · 97409
Packaging: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to monitor and tackle the environmental impact of single-use packaging waste on terrestrial trail ecosystems, including public rights of way.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 10 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to monitor and tackle the environmental impact of single-use packaging waste on terrestrial trail ecosystems, including public rights of way.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Dec 2025
Answer published
Local councils are responsible for keeping their public land clear of litter and refuse. We are targeting some of the more commonly littered items to reduce the presence of these in our communities. The sale of single-use vapes was banned from 1 June 2025...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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