Tesco has announced it will ban all non-recyclable plastic by 2019, in a move campaigners have cautiously welcomed as “raising the bar on problem plastics”.
The supermarket giant has called on the government to help establish a consistent recycling infrastructure that would enable a “closed loop” system in which waste is avoided altogether.
Despite the significant move by Tesco, the UK’s biggest supermarket chain has still to set a firm commitment to reduce the volume of plastic its produces and sells – unlike some of its competitors.
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