Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 7640

Clothing: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 7 October 2024
Answered: 15 October 2024

Question

Jess Asato

LabourLowestoft

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the sixteenth report of session 2017-19 of the Environmental Audit Committee entitled Fixing fashion: clothing consumption and sustainability, HC 1952, published on 1

Answer

Mary Creagh
No recent assessment has been made of the Environmental Audit Committee’s recommendation for a charge on garments to fund collection and sorting services. However, the Secretary of State has asked his department to convene a taskforce of experts from acro...

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