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<p>In December 2018, the UK Government published its Resources and Waste Strategy.
This sets out how we will achieve a circular economy for plastic and achieve our ambition
to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042.</p><p> </p><p>Our goal is to maximise
resource efficiency and minimise waste to keep plastic in circulation for longer by
following the principles of the waste hierarchy: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. One way will
do this is by making producers more responsible for the plastic they make with our
incoming Collection and Packaging Reforms.</p><p> </p><p>Single-use plastics are a
particularly problematic type of plastic that makes up much of our waste. We have
introduced bans, including most recently in October 2023, on the supply of many unnecessary
single-use plastic items. To tackle the use of virgin plastics, the Government brought
in the Plastic Packaging Tax in April 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Internationally, the UK
is a founding member of the High Ambition Coalition, a group of over 60 countries
calling for an ambitious and effective UN Treaty to end plastic pollution. At the
current round of negotiations in Canada, we are continuing to support a treaty that
will address the full lifecycle of plastic to tackle the problem of plastic pollution
globally, including through designing out waste and supporting a circular economy
for plastic.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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