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Baroness Brown of Cambridge (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 22 April 2026

Debate

Plastic Pollution Reduction

Contribution

My Lords, disused fast food containers contribute significantly to litter and plastic pollution, as we know. Can the Minister review the definition of “natural polymer” used in the plastic packaging tax to accelerate the use of natural polymers beyond cellulose—the only natural polymer defined in the tax—in food packaging, to make it more fully recyclable?

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