Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 13352

Plastics: Treaties

Tabled: 8 November 2024
Answered: 28 November 2024

Question

Alex Easton

IndependentNorth Down

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on (a) chemical recycling and (b) the mass balance approach at the INC5 negotiations for the UN Global Plastics Treaty.

Answer

Emma Hardy
At the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop a new UN Plastic Pollution Treaty, the UK will align with our domestic policy on any provisions related to chemical recycling. The UK recognises that chemical recycling technol...

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