§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total Government expenditure on the recycling, and research into the recycling, of all sorts of containers.
§ Mr. MarksThe £23 million assistance made available to the paper and board industry under the Industry Act 1971 to increase the use of recycled fibres should help to increase the recycling of paper and cardboard containers. In addition the Department and the Department of164W Industry are supporting research and development into the recovery of waste materials which will be relevant to the recycling of all kinds of containers. As all this work serves wider purposes it is not possible to relate any proportion of the expenditure to containers alone.