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That this House recognises the environmental advantages of degradable plastics namely that they can be composted, they will degrade when exposed to a normal environment and they are environmentally friendly in their production; and calls upon the Government to recognise a distinction on environmental grounds between conventional plastics and degradable...

Primary sponsor
James Clappison (Conservative)
Type
Early day motions
Date
28 October 2002
Reference
1822
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of degradable plastic technology; and what plans she has to promote it; what assessment she has made of (a) the availability and (b) the environmental merits of biodegradable plastic bags; and what plans...

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James Clappison (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Date
19 April 2002
Reference
383 c1195W;383 c1194W; 47575;47577
House
House of Commons

If he will commission research into the biodegradation rates of domestic waste in landfill sites. - Inc ref to White Paper, "Making Waste Work".

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Martyn Jones (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Date
15 January 1997
Reference
10518; 288 c245W
House
House of Commons

What estimate he has made of the total volume of bio-degradable matter that was composted in London in the current year; and what is his forecast of the figure for the year 2000. - Inc ref to target figures in the Government's White Paper "Making Waste Work: A Strategy for...

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Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 November 1996
Reference
5161; 286 c143-4W;286 c144W
House
House of Commons

What estimate he has made of the proportion of discarded (a) glass, (b) paper, (c) plastic, and (d) biodegradables which have been (i) recycled and (ii) composted in each of the past five years, the current year, and each of the next five. - Includes table.

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Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Date
28 October 1996
Reference
156; 284 c23W
House
House of Commons