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<p>HM Government has no immediate plans to regulate in this area but welcomes the
findings from UCL’s study into the home composting of plastics and will use this to
inform our evidence base.</p><p> </p><p>The study has shown that home composting is
not a viable destination for managing plastic waste and this echoes HM Government’s
existing position to prioritise the reduction, reuse and recycling of plastics before
anything else.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2021 we published our response to the call for
evidence on the need for standards for bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics.
The Government response acknowledges that compostable plastics must be treated in
industrial composting facilities to be broken down and, when processed incorrectly,
can be a source of microplastics and contaminate recycling streams. Therefore, our
focus will be on reducing unnecessary consumption and working towards a circular economy,
not composting of plastics.</p>
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