Report: Plastics bans failing to tackle 'throwaway culture'

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Waste policy should focus on finding ways to reduce the amount of materials used overall, not just curb plastic impacts, Green Alliance warns

The government's waste strategy does not do enough address the UK's 'throwaway culture' and is storing up new environmental problems for the future as a result, according to a damning new report by think...

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