HC Deb 07 May 1975 vol 891 c451W
54. Sir John Gilmour

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of the paper sacks provided by local authorities for the collection of refuse is made from waste paper.

Mr. Oakes

I understand from the Paper and Sack Development Association, whose members produce the vast majority of paper sacks in this country, that the proportion is approximately 50 per cent.