A question on #Plastics #Recycling tabled by Nick Timothy on 26-03-2025 has been answered by Mary Creagh.

Heading: Plastics: Recycling
Question ID: 1788764
UIN: 41536
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-26
Asking Member ID: 5062
Asking Member display name: Nick Timothy
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Nick Timothy
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of Packaging Export Recovery Note (PERN) system on global plastic pollution.
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Date answered: 2025-04-01
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Answering Member ID: 1579
Answering Member display name: Mary Creagh
Answering Member handle: marycreagh_
Answering Member Twitter reference: @marycreagh_
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Answer text: All exports of plastic packaging waste are made in accordance with the relevant regulations related to the shipment of waste and are enforced by the Environment Agency (relevant regulator). The PRN/PERN system provides economic support for the recycling o...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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