Single-use plastic items - market restrictions: consultation
This consultation proposes the introduction of market restrictions – effectively a ban – on the single-use plastic items included in Article 5 of the EU Directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment (2019/904).
Footnotes
1. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32019L0904&from=EN#d1e555-1-1
2. https://www.pewtrusts.org/-/media/assets/2020/07/breakingtheplasticwave_summary.pdf
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6. The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020 – schedule 3 (1) (c)
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11. https://www.newplasticseconomy.org/projects/global-commitment
12. https://www.wrap.org.uk/content/the-uk-plastics-pact
13. https://wrap.org.uk/content/eliminating-problem-plastics
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20. https://gov.wales/reducing-single-use-plastic-wales
22. https://consult.gov.scot/environment-forestry/circular-economy-proposals-for-legislation/
26. https://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/The-UK-Plastics-Pact-Roadmap-v3.pdf
28. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/producer-responsibility-regulations#packaging
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