Why can’t we just ban all plastic packaging?

Shropshire Council sent this bulletin at 25-06-2020 07:00 PM BST

Banning all plastic packaging doesn’t solve the plastic problem. The problem is when plastic ends up as litter in our oceans, where it causes harm to the environment or in landfill where its value is lost. The way to stop this is to reduce, re-use and recycle plastics.

Reducing, re-using and recycling plastic

Unnecessary and problematic plastics are already being reduced and/or replaced by alternatives – items like plastic straws and disposable plastic cutlery. This is being driven by The UK Plastics Pact, a collaborative initiative that brings together businesses, UK governments and NGOs to create a circular economy for plastics.

We all have a role to play in reducing plastic pollution. Reducing, re-using and recycling means we keep plastic in use, where it has value, rather than throwing it away and causing damage to the environment.

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