{"longTitle":"A Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish a strategy for promoting a circular economy in respect of plastics, including setting targets and measures for the elimination and recycling of single-use plastics; to require the Secretary of State to establish a taskforce to develop proposals to encourage the use of reuse and refill models of packaging; to require the Secretary of State to report annually to Parliament on the implementation of the strategy; to place a duty on the Secretary of State to ensure that UK targets for the elimination and recycling of plastic packaging are more demanding than equivalent targets set by the European Union; to require manufacturers and retailers to pay for the cost of recycling plastic; to require the Government to set annual targets for reducing the quantity of plastic waste that is incinerated; to require the Secretary of State to publish a plan for banning the export of plastic waste by 2027; to make provision for the purpose of reducing the cost of recycling plastic, including measures to encourage the standardisation of plastic packaging; to give powers to the Office for Environmental Protection to enforce legislation relating to plastic pollution; to make provision for the purpose of encouraging the development of sustainable alternatives to plastic packaging; to require the Government to publish a plan for the use of fiscal policy to incentivise investment in recycling infrastructure and sustainable behaviour by consumers and retailers in relation to plastic; to require the Government to publish a plan for agreeing a global treaty on plastic pollution reduction; and for connected purposes.","summary":null,"sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":155,"name":"Geraint Davies","party":"Labour","partyColour":"d50000","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/155/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/155/contact","memberFrom":"Swansea West"},"organisation":null,"sortOrder":1}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":3364,"shortTitle":"Plastics (Recycling, Sustainability and Pollution Reduction) Bill","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Commons","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2023-11-02T14:54:56.603653","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":8,"introducedSessionId":37,"includedSessionIds":[37],"isAct":false,"currentStage":{"id":17103,"stageId":6,"sessionId":37,"description":"1st reading","abbreviation":"1R","house":"Commons","stageSittings":[{"id":13898,"stageId":6,"billStageId":17103,"billId":3364,"date":"2022-11-09T00:00:00"}],"sortOrder":1}}