Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 44570

Litter: Fast Food

Tabled: 7 April 2025

Answered: 24 April 2025

Question

Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a (a) voluntary and (b) compulsory scheme to require drive through fast food outlets to print car registration details on purch

Answer

Mary Creagh

We do not think it would be appropriate to require take-away food vendors to implement a vehicle registration number printing and tracing system for packaging due to the potential costs involved, which may outweigh any benefits. Data protection concerns h...

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