Plastics Pact: One billion single use plastic items to be eliminated by end of 2020

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Businesses need to deal with highly complex technical and economic challenges in order to meet plastic reduction targets, report shows

Members of the Plastic Pact initiative are making progress against all four targets set under the waste reduction programme, but key challenges remain if the group's long term goals are to be met. That...

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