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1998-99 (1)
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures the Government have taken to encourage the use of (a) biodegradable starch-base plastics and (b) other starch-based products in place of petrochemicals. - Includes ref to consultation paper, Less Waste: More Value. (Holding answer 19...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures the Government have taken to encourage the use of (a) biodegradable starch-base plastics and (b) other starch-based products in place of petrochemicals. - Includes ref to consultation paper, Less Waste: More Value. (Holding answer 19...
Asked by
Jim Cunningham
(Labour)
Answered by
Alan Meale
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
13 July 1999
For answer on
26 July 1999
Answered on
26 July 1999
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what measures the Government have
taken to encourage the use of (a) biodegradable starch-base plastics and (b) other starch-based products in place of petrochemicals
[91654]
Mr. Meale: [holding answer 19 July 1999]: A fully biodegradable product can offer significant environmental benefits, for example
where it can be composted or reused in another form. A particular type of degradable product, "inherently degradable resins" (starch
mixed with polyethylene), was developed in the latter part of the 1980s. Although marketed as biodegradable, research has suggested
otherwise. The micro-organisms consumed the starch, leaving the polyethylene intact.
Our recent consultation paper, "Less Waste: More Value", emphasised the need to gain more value from waste through re-use,
recycling, composting and recovery of energy. Products which are specifically designed for disposal with no beneficial recovery
potential run counter to this approach.
Subjects
Biodegradability; Recycling; Plastics; Waste disposal; Petrochemicals; Starch
Date
26 July 1999
Reference
91654; 336 c1W
House
House of Commons