Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 41919

Sanitary Products: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 27 March 2025
Answered: 1 April 2025

Question

Anneliese Dodds

Labour (Co-op)Oxford East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the environmental impact of disposable period products and (a) environmentally friendly and (b) reusable products.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra has not carried out a comparative assessment of the environmental impact of different types of period products.