Single use plastics banned from today in Wales - Welsh Conservatives respond

Commenting on the news that single use plastics have been banned in Wales from today, Welsh Conservatives Shadow Climate Change Minister, Janet Finch-Saunders MS said:

“Last year I successfully campaigned for the Labour Government to catch up with the rest of the UK and ban single use plastics and I am pleased to see it come into force today.

“Around 10m tonnes of plastic is dumped into the world’s oceans annually, with studies predicting that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. We can all do our part to beat plastic pollution.

“Hopefully now, Labour ministers can get on with its other long-awaited environmental promises like a Clean Air Act and show it is as serious about tackling climate change as the Welsh Conservatives.”

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