This week Lynne Featherstone MP took her fight for more sustainable packaging to Parliament in chairing a top-level policy forum on waste.

Bringing together key players from government and industry, including Environmental Agency Head Baroness Young, Ms. Featherstone led the debate on how to address this burgeoning problem.The event was organised by Policy Connect.

Lynne Featherstone’s efforts follow recent attempts by local Liberal Democrats to force Haringey Council to do more to encourage alternatives to plastic bags. The proposal was blocked by Haringey Labour.

Commenting, Lynne Featherstone MP says:

“From my postbag and my regular surgeries I know how genuinely angry local people are about the huge amounts of unnecessary and completely un-recyclable packaging.

“We need to tackle excess packaging at every level. I was proud to have supported local traders and the Crouch End bag and now, I am pushing for this issue to be addressed nationally.

“The alarming rate at which we are filling our landfills shows how urgent this problem is and action is needed now.”