43661 (2024). Hon Rachel Brooking to the Minister for the Environment

43661 (2024). Hon Rachel Brooking to the Minister for the Environment: What is the impact to the environment of capping plastic production in the updated negotiating mandate for the International Plastics Treaty?

Hon Penny Simmonds: The use of production caps to reduce supply could work as a mechanism to reduce global plastic use and would likely see a significant increased demand for recovered plastic resources globally and attract the investment needed to close the recycling loop on plastics.