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Plastics: Treaties

Commons · Question 14247 · Tabled 13 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 20 Nov 2024

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Asked by Sarah Dyke

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what position the UK will take on (a) chemical recycling and (b) a mass balance approach in negotiations on the Global Plastics Treaty.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 20 Nov 2024

At the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop a new UN Plastics Treaty, the UK will align with our domestic policy on any provisions related to chemical recycling, including mass balance. Therefore, where relevant we will ...