Lonely-use plastic items including cutlery, plates and cups made of polystyrene, reportedly banned in england uk government after consultation.
Teresa Coffey, environment secretary ready to reveal plans to phase out in items and replace them with biodegradable alternatives in coming weeks, according to the Financial Times.
He noted that the governments of Scotland and Wales already took similar action.
It comes after the Department for Environment, Food and Agriculture (Defra) conducted public consultation on no-delivery plan of Unmarried-use plastic items and polystyrene food and drink containers. This lasted from November 2021 to February of this year. year.
Lonely-use plastic plates, cutlery, balloon sticks and cups made of expanded and extruded polystyrene could now be produced in stages. out in sentence reduce plastic pollution.
In the end of at a consultation, the newspaper said the ban was delayed due to the chaos in Westminster. Now he quoted government insiders who reportedly claim that Coffey is preparing to approve the ban.
United Kingdom government prohibited one-use plastic straws, stirrers and cotton swabs in England in 2020.
A spokesman for Defra said: “We are determined to go further and faster towards reduce reuse and recycling. more of our resources in order transform our waste industry and deliver on our obligations in ambitious 25-year environment plan. Reducing our addiction on Unmarried-use plastic is critical.
“Having already prohibited one-use straws, stirrers and cotton swabs and stopped selling of billions of Unmarried-use bags with our plastic bag fee, we will reply soon for a consultation on farther bans of plastic plates, cutlery, balloon sticks and cups made of expanded and extruded polystyrene.”
