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Is the government right to demonise plastic?

Trewin Restorick, Hubbub
clock 31 January 2018 •

We need to be careful not to write off plastic entirely, argues Hubbub's Trewin Restorick

The launch of the government's 25 Year Environment Plan, the emotional power of David Attenborough's Blue Planet, plus on-going campaigns by Sky and the Daily Mail has turned the spotlight on plastic....

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