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

LabourChatham 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 Creagh
The 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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