You’re right we should produce less waste and we have been cutting plastic waste successfully, even under the Conservatives. Labour have already strengthened the existing single-use plastic bans brought in under the previous government. But while these things are coming into force, we still need to burn or bury some waste. Even if we ban all single use plastics, there will still be some waste that can’t be composted or recycled. So, what should we do with it?
Here in Canada we banned single use plastic grocery bags. Now we’re seeing an epidemic of reusable grocery bags that people only use once. People have closets full of these things and some are starting to dump them in the landfill. Meanwhile we continue seeing overwhelming amounts of single use plastic in the food packaging and other consumer goods.
You’re right we should produce less waste and we have been cutting plastic waste successfully, even under the Conservatives. Labour have already strengthened the existing single-use plastic bans brought in under the previous government. But while these things are coming into force, we still need to burn or bury some waste. Even if we ban all single use plastics, there will still be some waste that can’t be composted or recycled. So, what should we do with it?
Here in Canada we banned single use plastic grocery bags. Now we’re seeing an epidemic of reusable grocery bags that people only use once. People have closets full of these things and some are starting to dump them in the landfill. Meanwhile we continue seeing overwhelming amounts of single use plastic in the food packaging and other consumer goods.
Yeah, we had a similar issue with plastic bags. Trouble is, when you ban one thing it creates a new demand, which isn’t always better.