Plastic pollution

AN EXPERT in plastic waste from the University of Portsmouth has gone before MPs to demand more action to tackle the problem.

Professor Steve Fletcher, director of the revolution plastics initiative, has addressed MPs on the parliamentary environmental committee.

The academic challenged MPs to think of the plastic crisis on a global scale, and not just a national one.

Prof Fletcher said: ‘I would caution against trying to solve individualised parts of the problem in isolation, without thinking about the entire system.

‘’We ought to be aiming for a systemic shift, rather than trying to solve small problems throughout the system.’