Last year Theresa May announced that by the year 2043 the government aimed to “eliminate all avoidable plastic waste”. Every year Britain goes through almost 8bn of these bottles and, despite the noise about single-use plastic, that number is increasing by 7% a year. Eliminating single-use plastics in other parts of our lives is less straightforward. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Plastic waste inside cargo containers in Port Klang, Malaysia, to be sent back to its country of origin. • Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall co-presents War on Plastic on BBC1 on Monday at 9pm

Source: The Guardian June 08, 2019 05:01 UTC