Report warns government is missing the point on remanufacturing

Posted on 8 Dec 2014 by Callum Bentley

A new independent report published today warns that government must do more to ‘lift the regulatory burden’ on UK remanufacturing if the sector’s ‘enormous economic, social and environmental potential’ is to be realised.

The report by the All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group (APSRG) and All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group (APMG), follows an eight-month inquiry chaired by former Environment Secretary Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP and Barry Sheerman MP, co-chair of both the APSRG and APMG. The 108-page report lays out more than 20 recommendations for government and industry, warning…

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