Single-Use Plastic Sachets Should Be Banned, Say Environmental Campaigners

On Wednesday, social impact group A Plastic Planet published an open letter urging the government to include sachets – used for everything from ketchup and vinegar to shampoo – in European and UK legislation which bans other “throwaway” items such as plastic straws and cotton buds.

In the letter, the group states that 855bn sachets are used every year globally – enough to cover the entire surface of the Earth – while many are thrown away without even being opened.

It adds that the sachets have fallen through a “legal loophole” and are causing untold damage to the planet. 

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