Cctv newsOn the morning of 11th, British Prime Minister Theresa May released the national environmental protection strategy for the next 25 years in London, announcing that Britain plans to eradicate all unnecessary plastic waste by 2042.
Teresa May said in her speech: "People will be shocked by the amount of unnecessary plastic waste generated today." She said that at present, the plastic waste generated in Britain can fill 1,000 Albert Royal Concert Hall in London.
The photo comes from the official Twitter of the British Prime Minister: We ask supermarkets to sell more goods without plastic packaging.
In his speech, Prime Minister Teresa Mayer did not mention that two thirds of the plastic waste in Britain had been treated by developing countries such as China for a long time. In the past, Britain could earn billions of pounds a year by exporting second-hand plastic waste. After China banned the import of foreign waste in 2018, developed countries such as Britain had to redesign their own garbage recovery policies.
The photo comes from the official Twitter of the British Prime Minister: asking for evidence to charge for the use of disposable plastic products.
Teresa May revealed in her speech that Britain will expand its plastic ban policy, charge for the use of all plastic bags in the future, and the government will also give assistance to the treatment of polluted garbage and reduce the use and production of plastic garbage.
Some environmentalists reacted indifferently to Britain’s new environmental protection strategy. Some people pointed out that the whole strategy was "lack of urgency and fragmented details", while others questioned whether it was necessary to wait 25 years for a total ban on plastic waste. The British media also questioned: this strategy lacks legislative protection, and more requires consumers to pay for plastic waste, but does not put forward stricter plastic ban measures for producers.
(CCTV reporter Kong Linlin)
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