Public tells government to ban polluting single-use plastics now

More than 100,000 people have called on the government to ban the most polluting single-use plastic items, such as plastic cutlery, plates and polystyrene food packaging. The call comes as public pressure builds on Environment Secretary George Eustice to be quicker and more ambitious in tackling plastic pollution once and for all. A petition with 117,000 signatures was handed into Downing Street today, ahead of the government closing its consultation on banning common single-use items this Saturday. The campaigners carried eye-catching placards and giant cutlery props with the wording ‘For…

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