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Speaking about the proposed charge on single-use plastics, Libby Peake, from Greener UK - a coalition of pressure groups - said in an interview with the BBC: “We have got to be smarter about this. People are already turning to glass and aluminium drinks containers, which have more impact on the climate. The government needs to take wider action to curb the throwaway society.”

Tanya Steele, from the WWF, added that the bill doesn’t address the role the UK is playing in driving the destruction of nature overseas. “We must also reduce and reverse the UK’s negative impact on nature abroad and remove deforestation from the supply chains of foods we eat and things we buy,” she said.

And shadow environment secretary Sue Hayman, commented on the bill, saying: “Boris Johnson is threatening our environment with reckless new trade agreements that would undercut Britain’s environmental standards.”

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