Microplastics: Washing Machines
Commons · Question 31459 · Tabled 13 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Sarah Champion
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help prevent microplastics entering nature from washing machines.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 5 Mar 2025
The Government is concerned about the possible risks to public health and wildlife from microplastics which enter the environment from the atmosphere and road runoff and from washing machines. Previous collaborative work with the water industry found that...