Are compostable plastics actually plastic?

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Compostable plastics may not be the best way out of the plastics crisis, warns Bunzl's Joanna Gilroy

As both the UK & EU governments look to introduce taxes or bans on single-use plastic packaging products, the question on the lips of many operators in the catering and hospitality sector is: 'what is...

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