Plastics: Recycling
(asked on 24th May 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their response to the Greenpeace report Forever Toxic: The science on health threats from plastic recycling, published on 24 May; in particular, the finding that "recycled plastics often contain higher levels of chemicals".
This question was answered on 2nd June 2023
We welcome the breadth of ongoing work in this area such as the research carried out by Greenpeace. In accordance with the waste hierarchy, in all circumstances, preventing waste in the first place is the preferred option.