Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 86510
Footwear and Textiles: Waste Disposal
Tabled: 29 October 2025
Answered: 5 November 2025
Question
Tristan Osborne
Labour — Chatham and Aylesford
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of banning the destruction of (a) textiles and (b) footwear.
Answer
Mary CreaghThe Government has convened a Circular Economy Taskforce of experts to support us in developing proposals to transition to a Circular Economy. As we develop those proposals, we will assess what further interventions may be needed across the textiles secto...
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