§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether his Department is undertaking research into the uses of refuse, particularly of plastics; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Giles ShawWe are providing financial and technical assistance to the development of mechanical separation plants, which extract metal and glass and produce a waste derived fuel from the paper and plastics content of domestic waste. We are also supporting the British Plastics Federation's experimental scheme to recycle bottles made of polyethylene-terephthalate—PET.