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to take that to school, like all of our kids do, that s us squeezing from the bottom as an individual. with whoever that might be it could be us at the rivers trust or your local wildlife trust, the marine conservation society, surfers against sewage, whichever group you join, but until us as individuals, these small groups that we join, can push up and get this push as well from the legislators at the top, and bring on board through legislation the very big multinationals, i think this is. it s definitely a good move, i don t want to be negative about that. we re really pleased to hear this news, but we do need more. we need to take bigger strides forward in tackling what is the plasticene, not the anthropocene. alisdair naulls there.
i ve been speaking to alisdair naulls who focuses on plastics pollution at the river trust, to see if he thinks these measures go far enough i don t think it s a move quite enough. i work with a group locally here in cheltenham, i volunteer with them and try to sort of move, help those businesses small businesses and sole traders move into a, sort of, less plasticised way of working. and they are broadly very, very supportive. and i find it interesting that where we haven t connected this announcement from the government is to the multinationals, and so i think we could go further. we just heard in your report we do have a real obsession with plastics, but it s hard to get away from it. i m a dad of young children it s really hard. when you go, and i m sure you know,
and not to single use plastic packaging for food and drinks sold in supermarkets. the government says it s working on separate plans for these retailers to cover disposal costs from 202a. sean dilley, bbc news. joining me now is alisdair naulls who is the communities and engagement lead plastics pollution at the river trust. what you make of this? positive move, isn t it, to reduce plastic permission, pollution? anything to move any kind permission, pollution? anything to move any kind of permission, pollution? anything to move any kind of single-use - permission, pollution? anything to l move any kind of single-use plastics move any kind of single use plastics as i was a positive move. i don t think it s a move quite enough. i work with a group locally here in cheltenham. i volunteer with them and try to, sort of, move, help those businesses, small businesses, sole traders, move into a less