Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 13664

Boats: Synthetic Fibres

Tabled: 11 November 2024
Answered: 19 November 2024

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Labour — Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has commissioned recent research into the potential impact of glass fibre boats on ecology.

Answer

Emma Hardy
End of life recreational vessels are often made from glass reinforced polymer, or fibreglass, and are recognised as a source of marine litter when abandoned offshore or on shorelines where their degradation can lead to macro and micro litter. Defra has no...
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