Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 25141

Carpets: Waste

Tabled: 20 January 2025
Answered: 28 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Sarah Bool

ConservativeSouth Northamptonshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with the Environment Agency to prevent companies from importing waste carpet from the EU.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Waste is a commodity, and there is a legitimate global market for secondary materials. The transfrontier shipment of waste, including waste carpet, is subject to strict controls that are set out in the UK’s legislation. All waste shipments from the EU to ...

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