Theresa May\u00a0will commit the UK to eliminating all avoidable plastic waste by 2042 as she launches the Government\u2019s environmental plan for the next 25-years.<\/p>\n
Under the pledge waste such as the carrier bags, food packaging and disposable plastic straws that litter the country\u00a0and pollute the seas would be abolished.<\/p>\n
But the target was given a frosty reception from environmental groups with one leading organisation saying it \u201clacks urgency, detail and bite\u201d, while another said the country \u201ccan\u2019t afford to wait\u201d so long.<\/p>\n
The broader 25-year plan, first promised three years ago, will also urge supermarkets to set up \u201cplastic-free aisles\u201d for goods with no packaging and confirm plans to extend the 5p charge for carrier bags to all English retailers.<\/p>\n
But environmental groups that have praised some recent policies, pointed to a lack of detail and to the fact that potentially stronger measures such as tax incentives were not more central.<\/p>\n