Extract from end of day adjournment debate on Packaging: Extended Producer Responsibility - Apr 3
Thursday, 4 April 2019 08:20
Anna McMorrin (Cardiff North) (Lab):...When I was an adviser in the
Welsh Government, I saw the impact that waste pollution was having
on wildlife and natural resources, and the effect that it was
having on climate change. I was lucky then to be part of a
Government who acted quickly and helped to ensure that Wales was
the first country to introduce the 5p charge on single-use plastic
bags, which has resulted in a 71% reduction in their use since
2011. Unfortunately, it took the UK Government...Request free trial
(Cardiff North)
(Lab):...When I was an adviser in the Welsh Government, I
saw the impact that waste pollution was having on wildlife and
natural resources, and the effect that it was having on climate
change. I was lucky then to be part of a Government who acted
quickly and helped to ensure that Wales was the first country to
introduce the 5p charge on single-use plastic bags, which has
resulted in a 71% reduction in their use since 2011. Unfortunately,
it took the UK Government four years to follow suit in England. I
have watched the statistics on waste get worse and worse, and this
is even more worrying when studies have shown that the UK
Government figures have been known to drastically underestimate how
much plastic packaging waste Britain generates. A study by the
specialist organisation Eunomia estimates that just 31% of plastic
waste in the UK is currently recycled...
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