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Plastic food and drink packaging inquiry

Inquiry by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, 19 March 2019 to 19 March 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 14 May 2019: Sarah Greenwood, Packaging Consultant, The University of Sheffield, Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, Peter Maddox, Director, WRAP UK , Libby Peake, senior policy adviser on resource stewardship, Green Alliance , and Juliet Phillips, Ocean Campaigner, Environmental Investigation Agency, Wildlife and Countryside Link .
  • 3 July 2019: Karen Graley, Packaging and Reprographics Manager, Waitrose, Stuart Lendrum, Head of Packaging, Iceland, and Robin Clark, Director of Business Partnerships, Just Eat; Andy Sweetman, Marketing Manager, Packaging & Sustainability, Bio-based and Biogradable Industries Association, Barry Turner, Plastic & Flexible Packaging Group Manager, British Plastics Federation, and Nick Brown, Head of Sustainability, Coca Cola European Partners (at 10.30am).
  • 17 July 2019: Dan Roberts, Vice Chair, Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC), Jacob Hayler, Executive Director, Environmental Services Association, Richard Kirkman, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Veolia UK & Ireland, and Councillor Peter Fleming, Deputy Chairman, Local Government Association and Leader of Sevenoaks District Council; Dr Thérèse Coffey MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment (at 10.30am).