Rebecca Pow
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 63 |
| Date of birth | October 10,1960 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Somerset |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Charles Clark |
| Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Party | Conservative Party |
| Books | All Gardens Great and Small |
| Job | Journalist |
| Politician | |
| Education | Wye College |
| Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2015 |
| Previous position | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society of the United Kingdom (2019–2019) |
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| ID | 484992 |
Rebecca Pow Life story
Rebecca Faye Clark, known as Rebecca Pow, is a British politician serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environmental Quality and Resilience since October 2022. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2019 to 2022.
Ban on single-use cutlery comes into force in England
... Environment minister Rebecca Pow said the government has already implemented " world-leading" bans on straws, stirrers and cotton buds, as well as rolling out charges for carrier bags and an industry tax on large plastic packaging imports...
England's single use plastics ban does not tackle takeaway boxes, warns Greenpeace
... Environment Minister Rebecca Pow said the government had worked " closely" with industry over the last nine months to help it transition to greener packaging...
Water firms illegally spilled sewage on dry days - data suggests
... " Water Minister Rebecca Pow told the BBC she considers the amount of sewage discharged into the English waters " utterly unacceptable" and said the protection budget had been increased by 12% since last year...
Warning DIY waste charges ban could push up council tax
... Environment Minister Rebecca Pow said: " We want to make it as easy as possible for people to dispose of their waste properly and that s why we are removing the financial burden on doing the right thing with DIY trash...
Water companies say sorry over spilling raw sewage
... Water Minister Rebecca Pow said: " The government has put the strictest targets ever on water companies to reduce sewage pollution...
Campaigners slam government river bathing decision
... " The actions we have taken mean that people across the country will be able to swim at more sites and in better quality water, but we know there is more to do, " says Water Minister Rebecca Pow...
Glass bottles excluded from deposit return plans
... " This will provide a simple and effective system across the country that helps people reduce litter and recycle more easily, even when on the move, " according to environment minister Rebecca Pow...
Wet wipe pollution: 'Fine to flush' message still not understood
... Environment minister Rebecca Pow says they want to make sure that if a ban is brought in, it doesn t have knock-on effects that will cause similar problems...
Glass bottles excluded from deposit return plans
By Jonah FisherBBC Environment Correspondent
The government's latest plans for a deposit return scheme for drinks containers have been criticised for excluding glass bottles.
The scheme due to be introduced in 2025 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will cover plastic bottles and cans.
According to the proposals supermarkets will host " reverse vending machines" where bottles are returned for money.
The government says the UK uses More Than 20 billion bottles and cans each year, many of which end up in landfill.
" This will provide a simple and effective system across the country that helps people reduce litter and recycle more easily, even when on The Move , " according to environment minister Rebecca Pow .
Waste Management is a devolved matter but Westminster, the Welsh Government and The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland are Working Together on the plans.
Westminster has decided that glass bottles will be excluded from The Deposit return scheme in England and Northern Ireland . It says including them made the scheme too complex and they will instead by covered by the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme (in England and NI) which gives manufacturers targets to recycle them. That contrasts with the decision of The National governments in Scotland and Wales to include glass.
" At The Final hurdle, this government bottled it and excluded glass from the scheme" says Megan Randles from Greenpeace UK.
" In what kind of world is collecting glass drinks containers not an essential part of a system designed to collect drinks containers? "
Conservative MP Philip Dunne who chairs the Environmental Audit Committee called excluding glass a " missed opportunity" and said that though he welcomed The Announcement he was disappointed it wouldn't start until 2025.
No decision has been taken yet on the size of The Deposit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland with the government setting a target of 85% of returnable drinks containers using the scheme. In Scotland The Deposit level has been set at 20p.
The plans have been welcomed by soft drinks manufacturers and there will now be a period of consultation to prepare the infrastructure and to change labelling to try and make The Deposit return system work smoothly.
Many countries have much higher rates of recycling than the UK and have been operating similar schemes for years. Daniel Webb , who runs Everyday Plastic, an organisation which campaigns against plastic waste, welcomed The Announcement . He told The Bbc This Was a chance to Move Away from a damaging " throwaway culture and kickstart a real circular economy".
His organisation recently carried out waste with More Than 100,000 people taking part and documenting More Than 6. 5 million items of plastic waste in a week. Just 7. 5% of it was plastic bottles.
" Given our evidence, shouldn't the government be more ambitious in its scope? " He Said .
Follow Jonah on Twitter @jonahfisherbbc
Source of news: bbc.com
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