date:May 24, 2019
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The government will carry out a stocktake after one year to assess the impact of these measures and whether the balance is correct.
Urgent and decisive action is needed to tackle plastic pollution and protect our environment. These items are often used for just a few minutes but take hundreds of years to break down, ending up in our seas and oceans and harming precious marine life, said Environment Secretary Michael Gove.
So today I am taking action to turn the tide on plastic pollution,