Public 'back' taxes to tackle single-use plastic waste

The Treasury said citizens are getting great support from using taxation to reduce waste generated from disposable plastics.

162,000 responses to advice on how to deal with increasingly serious problems and promote recycling

Treasury Secretary Robert Jenrick said that the government is seeking "smart and smart incentives" to make plastic producers accountable

The report indicates that the budget may tax the manufacturer and some disposable plastic products

In response to this consultation, the Ministry of Finance has decided to expand the use of recycled plastics in the manufacturing process, to prevent the use of plastics that are difficult to recycle such as carbon black plastics, and the necessity of expendable items such as coffee cups and take- I hope to reduce it.

Mr. Zhanrik states as follows. "I was shocked by the support of the people, as the plan to use the tax system to counter this problem, the answers received are very useful.

"It is absolutely obvious that we are responsible for setting the environment in a better condition than we can find. What we are proposing today is to ensure a cleaner and more environmentally friendly future for the UK It's another important step. "

The Environmental Audit Committee revealed that members of the Environmental Audit Committee requested so-called latte taxes for disposable cups after about 5 billion people were abandoned each year.

Mary Creagh Committee Chairperson says: "None of them were recycled, and 500,000 people were scattered every day.

But the minister later questioned the benefits of using disposable cups for consumers.

The friend of the earth said, "We emphasized overwhelming demands for more stringent actions to cope with the scourge of plastic contamination, welcoming the reaction of the people.

Activist Emma Pristar says, " "Ministers include taxes and regulations to prevent retailers and manufacturers of plastic contamination from flowing into our rivers and oceans

Hugo Tagholm, the campaign organization for Surfers Against Sewage, says:

Following the footprints of Scotland and Wales, a plastic bag tax (5 pence / bag) for all disposable plastic bags was introduced in the UK in October 2015. These regulations comply with directives and other changes on the EU packaging and packaging waste revised in 2015 to set targets for reducing the use of disposable plastic bags and the latest waste plastic waste Represents a prevention program. Comments on Wales' plastic bag tax indicate that this policy can stimulate several changes and the proportion of disposable plastic bags used in Wales will decrease by 71% between 2011 and 2014 Did.

The campaign to reduce disposable plastic contamination has moved worldwide. At the local level, cities in the United States have banned and restricted the use of non-regulated disposable disposable plastics by the Surfrider branch and enthusiastic community activities. Internationally, in January 2018, the European Commission announced a European strategy of reducing plastic contamination and allowing all European plastics to be recycled by 2030. Even the United Nations Environment Program has taken a tough stance on plastic contamination and began implementing a global campaign to reduce marine waste in microplastic and disposable plastics by 2022. We can not explain the end of disposable plastic, but we can not explain the city, the country, and the international community once used to resist rejecting the product, throwing away our water, land and wildlife damage is showing.

It is a material. • At present, about 50% of plastics are thrown away in one use. · Plastics occupy 10% of world waste production. • Depending on the type of plastic, it takes 500 to 1000 years for plastic to deteriorate. • The plastic eventually entering the ocean is divided into smaller pieces, each of which is shown in Figure 6. Five gyroscope maps of countries with insufficient management of oceans and plastic waste (China is the largest plastic contaminant). According to a survey in 2015, 192 coastal states (dark blue) produced 275 million tons of plastic waste, of which 4.8 to 12.7 million tons entered the sea.

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