Single-use plastic sachets should be banned, campaigners urge

Single-use plastic sachets should be banned, campaigners have said in a letter to the Telegraph as they ask the Government to 'close the loophole' on waste.

They argue that despite upcoming bans on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds, British people have become "slaves to the sachet", and this is causing untold damage to the planet.

The single-use packs are used for ketchup, soy sauce and mustard; shampoo and moisturiser; towelettes and face wipes, washing powder and detergent, and milk.

Those who signed the letter include Iceland Foods’ Managing Director Richard Walker, campaigner Ben Goldsmith, who is on the board of Defra and Sian Sutherland, the CEO of charity A Plastic Planet.

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