Conservationists urge regulation to cut plastic pollution as voluntary scheme launches – The Guardian

Australia will miss its 2025 targets to cut plastic pollution from packaging unless it shifts from voluntary programs to enforcement, an alliance of conservation groups and the Greens have said.
On Tuesday major supermarkets and multinational food and consumer goods manufacturers launched a new voluntary program across Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands with a goal that plastic never becomes waste or pollution.
But an alliance of more than 50 groups campaigning to cut plastic pollution said…

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