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<p>The Resources and Waste Strategy, published in December 2018, included the ambition
to work towards all plastic packaging placed on the market being recyclable, reusable
or compostable by 2025 and to eliminate avoidable plastic waste over the lifetime
of the 25 Year Environment Plan.</p><p> </p><p>Industry is already taking action.
In April last year, the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and the Ellen
MacArthur Foundation launched their world-leading UK Plastics Pact, with support from
the Government, and all the major supermarkets have signed up to it. The Pact brings
these organisations together with four key targets for 2025 that aim to reduce the
amount of plastic waste generated. We are currently consulting on a series of reforms,
including reform to the existing packaging waste regulations, which will support supermarkets
in achieving those targets.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also working with retailers
and WRAP to encourage their efforts to reduce waste and to explore the introduction
of plastic-free supermarket initiatives in which fresh food is sold loose, giving
consumers the choice.</p><p> </p>
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