plastic waste

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The government has launched a review to explore how best Ireland could deliver a 90% collection target for plastic bottles by 2029

It has eliminated 97% of single-use plastics from its UK estate since February

They will set targets that include eliminating problematic or unnecessary plastic packaging and move from single-use to reusable packaging models

It is part of the mayor’s efforts to reduce single-use plastic bottles

It is offering a share of £1m to support solutions that help ‘capture, collect, recover and reprocess’ marine plastic waste

It aims to encourage countries to make new commitments while helping them deliver old ones

Organisers of the annual event have set out a plan that is expected to reduce plastic waste by 50%

They are part of Sadiq Khan’s ambition to reduce plastic waste across the capital

The government’s recent call for evidence attracted an ‘unprecedented’ 162,000 responses