<p>The European Week for Waste Reduction</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:10 pm on 15 November 2016.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:10, 15 November 2016

The difficulty with it, of course, is that much of what we buy comes from outside even the EU. With China particularly, the packaging is substantial because of the distance that goods will travel. So, there is a difficulty for me in saying, ‘Right, we're going to have a closed cycle in Wales’, because Wales is so small. I think there is scope for doing it at a UK level and an EU level to encourage there to be fewer—for there to be less possible waste at the beginning of the process to not have to deal with the arisings at the end. But, for me, this is something that should be dealt with at a much bigger level, an international level, a global level, to make sure that we reduce the amount of potential waste in the first place.