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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to incentivise farmers to switch from single-use plastic mulching films to certified soil-biodegradable alternatives through the (a) Sustainable Farming Initiative, (b) Farming Investment Fund and (c) other Defra schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to incentivise farmers to switch from single-use plastic mulching films to certified soil-biodegradable alternatives through the (a) Sustainable Farming Initiative, (b) Farming Investment Fund and (c) other Defra schemes.
No steps have been taken. While we consider there may be niche applications, generally we do not support the use of biodegradable plastics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential for soil-biodegradable mulch films certified to the BSI standard BS EN17033 to replace single-use agriplastics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential for soil-biodegradable mulch films certified to the BSI standard BS EN17033 to replace single-use agriplastics.
The Environment Agency has not carried out any assessments of the British Standards associated with biodegradable mulch films nor its potential to replace single-use agriplastics.
However, once a single-use plastic has fulfilled its intended use (regardless of its construction/biodegradability) there will be a presumption that on discard the plastic will become a waste and should therefore be managed as part of normal waste management controls. This would not support a ploughing in the waste plastic into the soil on the field.