Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 31458
Microplastics: Washing Machines
Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 4 March 2025
Question
Sarah Champion
Labour — Rotherham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the progress of industry and businesses in developing cost-effective microplastic filter solutions for washing machines.
Answer
Emma HardyDefra officials gratefully received information which the honourable member kindly provided in her recent letter to me. The information was reported by a washing machine filter technology group describing solutions to tackling microplastics and microfibre...
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