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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to introduce a new plastics recovery programme. - Inc fact that written statement on 9 December 2004, 428 c106-7WS announced for consultation the draft Waste Management (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 and consultation paper...

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 December 2004

Reference

205498; 428 c1519W;428 c1517W

House

House of Commons

House of Commons Commission

To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will introduce separate bins in offices and communal areas across the parliamentary estate for the disposal of (a) plastic waste and (b) compostable waste.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

House of Commons Commission

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 2004

Reference

204923; 428 c1141W

House

House of Commons

The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment)(England) Regulations 2004. Regulatory impact assessment. 5 p. FSA. 2004.

Type

Impact assessments

Date

14 December 2004

Reference

FSA

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much it has cost to produce carrier bags branded with ODPM since 1997. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 November 2004

Reference

200631; 428 c48W

House

House of Commons

CD PACKAGING

That this House deplores the unnecessary practice of supplying over-packaged compact discs and digital video discs contained in wasteful, environmentally unsound, plastic boxes, and calls upon the Government to work with suppliers to lessen the use of such harmful and fragile packaging which is prone to breaking.

Primary sponsor

Rob Marris (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

24 November 2004

Reference

174

House

House of Commons

Davies of Oldham, Lord

Answered by

Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

26 October 2004

Reference

665 c1163

House

House of Lords

Davies of Oldham, Lord

1st supplementary on environment protection and nature conservation.

Asked by

Lord Dubs (Labour)

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

26 October 2004

Reference

665 c1163

House

House of Lords

Davies of Oldham, Lord

Answered by

Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

26 October 2004

Reference

665 c1163

House

House of Lords

Davies of Oldham, Lord

What plans they have to levy a tax on plastic bags; and in which other European Union countries there is already such a tax.

Asked by

Lord Dubs (Labour)

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

26 October 2004

Reference

665 c1163

House

House of Lords

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what effect the EU Commission's Draft Regulation on Chemicals Policy will have on the manufacture and processing of polyurethane.

Asked by

Nicholas Winterton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 October 2004

Reference

425 c995-6W;425 c995W; 191564

House

House of Commons

Public consultation: proposed regulations implementing EC directive 2004/19/EC on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs. Inc. draft regulatory impact assessment, draft S.I. and text of directive. FSA. 2004.

Type

Impact assessments

Date

20 October 2004

Reference

FSA

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage the recycling of plastic; and if she will list those local authorities which operate (a) kerbside and (b) other plastic recycling schemes. - (Holding answer 8 September 2004).

Asked by

Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 September 2004

For answer on

13 September 2004

Answered on

13 September 2004

Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to encourage the recycling of plastic; and if she will list those local authorities which operate (a) kerbside and (b) other plastic recycling schemes. [187830] Mr. Morley: [holding answer 8 September 2004]: All local authorities in England have been set challenging Statutory Performance Standards for 2003-04 and 2005-06 for the recycling and composting of household waste. The Government do not specify which materials local authorities are required to collect. The Statutory Performance Standards are weight based so initially local authorities are likely to recycle heavier materials. However, as recycling targets become increasingly demanding, local authorities are expected to target lighter materials such as plastics. To make the recycling of plastic more economically attractive the Government-funded Waste Resources and Action Programme (WRAP) has developed a programme to expand markets for plastic recyclate. As a result of WRAP activity since 2001 in excess of 35,000 additional tonnes of plastic recycling capacity per year is either operational, under construction or otherwise committed. According to the Municipal Waste Management Survey 2002-03 the following local authorities operated (a) a kerbside collection scheme, or (b) other plastic recycling schemes. Local authorities operating a plastics kerbside collection scheme in 2002-03 Adur District Council Alnwick District Council Arun District Council Aylesbury Vale District Council Babergh District Council Barking and Dagenham LB Bath and North East Somerset Council Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council Bexley LB Blaby District Council Blyth Valley Borough Council Bolton MBC Bradford City MDC MBC Braintree District Council Breckland BC Bristol City Council Bromley LB Broxtowe Borough Council Castle Morpeth Borough Council Charnwood Borough Council Chelmsford Borough Council Chester City Council Chichester District Council Colchester Borough Council Dacorum BC Dartford Borough Council Daventry DC East Hampshire District Council East Lindsey District Council East Northamptonshire Council Eastleigh Borough Council Elmbridge Borough Council Exeter City Council Fenland District Council Gloucester City Council Gosport Borough Council Gravesham Borough Council Hart District Council Havant Borough Council Hillingdon LB Horsham District Council Kerrier District Council Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council Kingston-upon-Thames LB Lancaster City Council Leeds City Council MBC Leicester City Council Lewes District Council Lichfield District Council Lincoln City Council London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Manchester City Council Melton Borough Council Mid Bedfordshire District Council Mid Devon District Council Mid Sussex District Council Milton Keynes Council New Forest District Council Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council North Devon District Council North Dorset District Council North East Lincolnshire Council North Kesteven District Council North West Leicestershire District Council Oadby and Wigston Borough Council Oldham MBC Pendle Borough Council Plymouth City Council Poole BC Purbeck District Council Reading BC Redbridge LB Rochdale MBC Rossendale Borough Council Sevenoaks District Council South Hams District Council South Holland District Council South Kesteven DC South Norfolk Council South Northamptonshire District Council South Oxfordshire District Council Southend-on-Sea BC St. Albans City and District Council Stafford BC Stroud District Council Swale Borough Council Teesdale District Council Teignbridge DC Thanet District Council Three Rivers District Council Torbay Council Torridge District Council Wellingborough BC Weymouth and Portland Borough Council Worthing Borough Council Wychavon District Council Local authorities a non-kerbside plastic recycling scheme Adur District Council Alnwick District Council Arun District Council Aylesbury Vale District Council Babergh District Council Barking and Dagenham LB Bath and North East Somerset Council Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council Bexley LB Blaby District Council Blyth Valley Borough Council Bolton MBC Bradford City MDC MBC Braintree District Council Breckland BC Bristol City Council Bromley LB Broxtowe Borough Council Castle Morpeth Borough Council Charnwood Borough Council Chelmsford Borough Council Chester City Council Chichester District Council Colchester Borough Council Dacorum BC Dartford Borough Council Daventry DC East Hampshire District Council East Lindsey District Council East Northamptonshire Council Eastleigh Borough Council Elmbridge Borough Council Exeter City Council Fenland District Council Gloucester City Council Gosport Borough Council Gravesham Borough Council Hart District Council Havant Borough Council Hillingdon LB Horsham District Council Kerrier District Council Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council Kingston-upon-Thames LB Lancaster City Council Leeds City Council MBC Leicester City Council Lewes District Council Lichfield District Council Lincoln City Council London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Manchester City Council Melton Borough Council Mid Bedfordshire District Council Mid Devon District Council Mid Sussex District Council Milton Keynes Council New Forest District Council Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council North Devon District Council North Dorset District Council North East Lincolnshire Council North Kesteven District Council North West Leicestershire District Council Oadby and Wigston Borough Council Oldham MBC Pendle Borough Council Plymouth City Council Poole BC Purbeck District Council Reading BC Redbridge LB Rochdale MBC Rossendale Borough Council Sevenoaks District Council South Hams District Council South Holland District Council South Kesteven DC South Norfolk Council South Northamptonshire District Council South Oxfordshire District Council Southend-on-Sea BC St. Albans City and District Council Stafford BC Stroud District Council Swale Borough Council Teesdale District Council Teignbridge DC Thanet District Council Three Rivers District Council Torbay Council Torridge District Council Wellingborough BC Weymouth and Portland Borough Council Worthing Borough Council Wychavon District Council

Date

13 September 2004

Reference

424 c1417-20W;424 c1415-8W; 187830

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to tackle false claims of recycling achievements by the packaging industry. - Includes ref to wood packaging waste sector at http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/topics/packaging/i ndex.htm. (Holding answer 13 July 2004).

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 July 2004

For answer on

21 July 2004

Answered on

21 July 2004

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department has taken to tackle false claims of recycling achievements by the packaging industry. [183703] Mr. Morley :[holding answer 13 July 2004]: The Department, in conjunction with the Department of Trade and Industry, the Scottish Executive, the Welsh Assembly Government, the Northern Ireland administration, the Environment Agency, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and the Environment and Heritage Service in Northern Ireland has commissioned fact-finding exercises to establish whether there is any substance to the allegations of inappropriate issuing of Packaging Waste Recovery Notes (PRNs) and Packaging Waste Export Recovery Notes (PERNs) by some packaging waste reprocessors and exporters. The first fact finding exercise took place last year and investigated the wood packaging waste sector. On completion of the exercise, the fact finding team presented their findings in a report which can be found on the Department's website at http://www.defra.gov.uk/ environment/waste/topics/packaging/index.htm During the course of the exercise the team established that there were no inappropriate operations of the kind that might warrant criminal proceedings. However, some assumptions were being made, for example about the tonnages of packaging waste in mixed loads, that were unrealistic or were made on the basis of insufficient evidence. The team therefore recommended that the amount of wood packaging waste recycled in 2002 should be reduced by 76,400 tonnes. This was done. The second fact finding exercise is currently focussing on the plastic packaging waste sector and the findings will be announced shortly.

Date

21 July 2004

Reference

183703; 424 c259W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the number of litres of bottled (a) sparkling and (b) still water consumed in the United Kingdom in each year since 2002; and what percentage was supplied in (i) plastic, (ii) glass and...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 July 2004

Reference

184859; 424 c240-1W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to require the producers of bottled drinks intended for consumption from the bottle in licensed premises and elsewhere to use plastic or non-breakable containers; what estimate he has made of the number of injuries caused...

Asked by

Helen Southworth (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 July 2004

Reference

423 c1162-3W; 181293;181294;182485

House

House of Commons

Catering Select Committee

To ask the Chairman of the Catering Committee, if he will for environmental reasons replace the sturdy plastic bags provided with purchases in the Debate cafeteria, with paper bags.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Catering Select Committee

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 July 2004

Reference

182864; 423 c1026W

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper HINF 2004/2000

Deposited by

Food Standards Agency

Type

Deposited papers

Date

12 July 2004

Reference

HINF 2004/2000

Deposited Paper HINF 2004/1999

Deposited by

Food Standards Agency

Type

Deposited papers

Date

12 July 2004

Reference

HINF 2004/1999

McIntosh of Haringey, Lord

Whether they have any plans to impose a tax on plastic bags similar to that imposed by the government of the Republic of Ireland. [HL 3504].

Asked by

Lord Beaumont of Whitley (Other (affiliation))

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 July 2004

Reference

HL 3504; 663 c50WA

House

House of Lords

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) recycling and (b) incineration of (i) oxo-biodegradable plastic and (ii) conventional plastic; what assessment she has made of the effect of oxo-biodegradable plastic in combating litter; what research she has...

Asked by

Anthony D Wright (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

26 May 2004

For answer on

18 June 2004

Answered on

18 June 2004

Mr. Anthony D. Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment she has made of the (a) recycling and (b) incineration of (i) oxo-biodegradable plastic and (ii) conventional plastic; [176907] (2) what assessment she has made of the effect of oxo- biodegradable plastic in combating litter; [176908] (3) what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on oxo-biodegradable plastics, with particular reference to the contribution they may make to a better environment; [176910] (4) what assessment she has made of the effect on the environment of making short-life plastic products degradable. [176911] Mr. Morley: The National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC) recently published a review of current knowledge on the environmental profiles of biodegradable polymers (BDPs). The main focus of the review is on BDPs made from renewable feedstocks such as starch, polylactic acid and cellulose and their environmental performance compared to conventional plastics. The summary report, "Biodegradable Polymers and Sustainability: Insights from Life Cycle Assessment", can be viewed on the NNFCC website at: www.nnfcc.co.uk The Environment Agency will follow up this work with two Life Cycle Analysis research projects. The first will consider disposable plastic carrier bags from supermarkets and alternative product systems (e.g. paper and bioplastics) and the other will look at food packaging product systems. Oil-based biodegradable (oxo-biodegradable) plastics are included in the scope of the alternative materials. The results of the research will be reported March 2005.

Date

18 June 2004

Reference

422 c1125W; 176907;176908;176910;176911

House

House of Commons

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