Draft UK law seeks to create Committee on Plastic Pollution

Michael Holder
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First reading of bill backed by cross-party group of MPs aims to 'significantly cut plastic waste and pollution' by 2042

A draft UK law that would sets a legal framework for ending single-use plastic pollution by 2042 is set for its first reading in the House of Commons later today, having secured the backing of campaign...

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