| Heading: |
Plastics: Waste Disposal |
| Question ID: |
1818591 |
| UIN: |
HL9011 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
384 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how much plastic waste is exported to other countries, and what steps they will take to reduce the amount exported by disposing of the plastic sustainably. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-10 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4395 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
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| Answering Member handle: |
suehayman1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@suehayman1
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| Answer text: |
Data on the amount of plastic packaging exported for recycling is published by the Environment Agency on the National Packaging Waste Database. 569,205 tonnes of plastic packaging waste was exported for recycling in 2024. As part of the drive towards a ci... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |