date:Dec 20, 2018
harge which has taken over 15 billion single-use plastic bags out of circulation, a 15 million (US$18.9 million) pilot scheme for reducing food waste, and up to 10 million (US$12.6 million) to clear the worst abandoned waste sites that blight local communities.
The government also announced 8 million (US$10.1 million) of funding for eight new research projects that will explore new and different ways of making, using and recycling plastics. This builds on a recent government funding of 60 mill