Theresa May will call on Commonwealth countries to ban single-use plastic and microbeads this week when she chairs the largest summit in British history.
The prime minister will announce that Britain is investing £61.4m to tackle the scourge of marine plastic pollution and urge the other 52 leaders to sign up to a global crusade to stamp it out when she chairs the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in London and Windsor.
The UK will commit £25m to research on marine plastic pollution and £20m to preventing plastic pollution from manufacturing in developing countries. A further £16.4m will be spent on improving waste management to stop plastics entering the water supply.
Four countries have already joined the UK in the Commonwealth Clean Oceans Alliance — New…
Source : thetimes.co.uk
