OIA Ref: CAS-01826-K7Q8Q5
OIA Services
Ministry for the Environment
[email address]
24 January 2024
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Transfer of Official information request from J Wilson relating to microplastics and nanoparticles
We received an information request under the Official Information Act 1982 on 21 December 2023
from J Wilson, which included a request for the following information:
“Are there any micro-plastics or nanoparticles found in the water [of any type], and if so, what are
they, and what are they levels of them? If so, where do these items come from?.”
The requester’s details are:
J Wilson
Email: [FYI request #25270 email]
Phone number: not provided.
We do not hold any information pertaining to this part of the request and consider the Ministry for
the Environment to be better placed to respond.
In accordance with section 14(b) of the Official Information Act 1982, we transfer this information
request to the Ministry for the Environment.
We will be informing the requester of the transfer of this part of the request.
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Aimee van Barneveld
Governance and Performance Manager