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Reducing the impact of plastic on our environment: Summary

This document provides a summary of the Government’s proposals to reduce the impact of plastic on our environment. 

This document provides a summary of the Government’s proposals to reduce the impact of plastic on our environment. 

The first proposal wass to phase out the following types of hard to recycle plastic:

•    some polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polystyrene packaging 
•    all oxo-degradable plastic products.

The second proposal was to phase-out seven types of single-use plastic items.

For more information about the proposals see the full consultation document.

Submissions closed at on 4 December 2020.

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