Plastics: Waste
Commons · Question 88028 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2024 to Question 6887 on Plastics: Pollution, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the plastic waste export regime in promoting domestic
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 13 Nov 2025
Defra is reviewing the role of plastic waste exports as part of the Government’s wider efforts to improve management of this waste. Our focus is on ensuring a level playing field for domestic recyclers whilst realising our environmental objectives, and an...