Packaging is 'out of control'
CALLS for the Government to take tougher action in tackling excessive packaging and reducing the waste heading for landfill sites have been made by an MP.
South Holland and the Deepings MP John Hayes (Con) said the amount of packaging on products such as toys was "out of control" during a debate in Parliament on Thursday last week.
After Mr Hayes called for the Government to have another look at the benefits of returnable glass bottles and other forms of packaging compared to plastic and polystyrene alternatives.
Speaking in the House of Commons he said: "When my young children have their toys, they come packaged in paper, metal, plastic, wood and every other kind of thing that one can imagine.
"When we bought toys or when they were bought for us as children, they came very simply packaged.
"I am not sure that this is about information, it is about unnecessary packaging.
"One could use many other examples of the way that packaging is, frankly, out of control."
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Last Updated:
03 June 2008 1:59 PM
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