Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to ensure that supermarket chains co-operate with his recycling policy for bottle, can and paper banks.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryRetail groups, including supermarket chains, are represented on the Government's advisory group on recycling which, among other things, considers ways of encouraging the provision of recycling facilities. They also co-operated in drawing up the Government's programme in relation to the 1985 European Directive on Containers of Liquids for Human Consumption which specifically referred to recycling.