Question follow-through · 129468
Plastics: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made in helping to reduce the amount of plastic waste.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made in helping to reduce the amount of plastic waste.
27 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
This Government is committed to moving to a circular economy for plastics – a future where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out. This systemic change, with investment in green jobs and vital infrastructure, builds a path to econo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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