'Counterproductive': Supermarket plastic crackdown risks graver environmental harm, report warns

Michael Holder
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Research highlights poorly thought-through approaches to tackling plastic pollution and failure of government leadership

Leading supermarkets' and high street food brands' are applying "disjointed and potentially counterproductive" approaches to solving plastic pollution, exacerbated by a failure of leadership from government...

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