Plastic-free aisles: May to promise end to 'avoidable' plastic waste by 2042
In first dedicated speech on environment Prime Minister will attempt to revamp Conservative Party's green image with wide-ranging crackdown on plastic waste
The Prime Minister will today promise to end all "avoidable" plastic waste in the UK by the end of 2042 as the centrepiece of a new assault on plastic pollution by the government. In response to a dramatic...
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