Preventing waste and enabling a circular economy

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Open Inquiry
Opened: 20 May 2025 Parliament page
Much of the UK economy is still linear, based on the principles of using and disposing of products and the resources used to make them. This wastage leads to widespread environmental pollution and the continual and unsustainable need to extract finite resources. UK and devolved governments have committed to developing … Read more
1 Written submission
2 Oral sessions
5 Letters
2 Events
Activity timeline 8 events
8 Sep
2026
Written evidence · PWC0054
24 Mar
2026
Oral evidence
11 Nov
2025
Correspondence
28 Oct
2025
Correspondence
9 Sep
2025
Correspondence
2 Sep
2025
Correspondence
16 Jul
2025
Correspondence
8 Jul
2025
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 2 sessions
24 Mar 2026
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; EFRA Committee
Mary Creagh MP · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Reverend James A Cruddas OBE MCMI FRSA · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Sally Randall · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
8 Jul 2025
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; EFRA Committee
Dr Allison Lindner · Waste Law Research Group Dr Peter Williams · INEOS Group Ltd Joe Franses · Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Ms Helen Jordan · British Plastics Federation (BPF) Patrick Brighty · Environmental Services Association (ESA) Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS · University of Plymouth and Co-coordinator of the Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty Rudy Schulkind · Greenpeace UK
Written evidence 1 submission recorded

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PWC0054
Full text not held
 8 Sep 2026 HERU Technologies
Correspondence 5 letters
11 Nov 2025 Correspondence from Mary Creagh, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Nature, regarding Plastic Waste Exports, dated 31 October 2025
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28 Oct 2025 Correspondence from Emma Hardy MP, Minister for Water and Flooding, regarding the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, dated 21 October 2025
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9 Sep 2025 Correspondence from the Managing Director of Biffa Polymers regarding plastic industry policy, dated 5 August 2025
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2 Sep 2025 Correspondence from the Minister for Water and Flooding regarding the Global Plastics Treaty, dated 1 August 2025
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16 Jul 2025 Correspondence to Emma Hardy MP, dated 16 July 2025
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