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<p>The Government published the Resources and Waste Strategy last year, setting out
our plans to reduce, reuse and recycle more plastic than we do now. Our target is
to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste throughout the life of the 25 Year Environment
Plan, but for the most problematic plastics we are going faster.</p><p>We pledged
£20 million to the Plastics Research and Innovation Fund which aims to reduce the
environmental costs of plastic and litter. Our sights are set on problematic plastics
such as cigarette filters which contain single-plastic polymers and blight our streets
and seas. The fund will seek to deliver strategic networking and research that will
coordinate existing knowledge across the UK, catalysing new ideas and rapid solutions.</p><p>Ministers
have met twice with the Tobacco Manufacturers Association in the last three years,
but the Government has not held discussions with any individual tobacco companies
about eliminating plastic in cigarette butts.</p>
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