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* improve the quality of plastics exported for recycling through the Basel and Stockholm Conventions | * improve the quality of plastics exported for recycling through the Basel and Stockholm Conventions | ||
* establish cross-government oversight of the UK’s natural resource security. | * establish cross-government oversight of the UK’s natural resource security. | ||
==Chapter 7 - Research and innovation== | |||
This chapter dicusses the importance of innovation and the need to develop novel solutions and to improve the efficiency, cost and/or effectiveness of exisitng technologies and how the government will support industries and academia to stimulate innovation<ref name="RWS" />. | |||
The chapter sets out how the [[DEFRA|government]] will<ref name="RWS" />: | |||
* support further investment and innovation in resource efficiency, working with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) on our Areas of Research Interest | |||
* launch a call for evidence on the development of standards for bio-based and biodegradable plastics | |||
* support further investment in resource efficient technologies, including through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund | |||
* support the Waste and Resources Action Programme | |||
* encourage innovative waste treatment technologies that create transport fuels through the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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