Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 118936

Food: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Robbie Moore

ConservativeKeighley and Ilkley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential contribution of black soldier fly bioconversion to delivering the Environmental Improvement Plan’s objectives on circular econo

Answer

Mary Creagh
We are committed to ending the throwaway society, boosting recycling rates which have stalled for too long, and driving growth through the Government’s Plan for Change. There are no current plans to review regulations that restrict insects from being used...

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