The Single-Use Plastic Ban: Why recycling is not the solution

England is banning single-use plastics in October 2023. Steve Hynd from City to Sea talks to us about the ban, its importance, its effect on small businesses, and why recycling isn't the solution.

Steve is the Policy and Media Manager at the not-for-profit, City to Sea who campaigns to stop plastic pollution at source. Steve has been leading their work to see a ban on some of the most polluting single-use plastics banned. Before City to Sea, Steve has worked at local, national and European levels of politics and has worked in Brussels, Kampala and the Middle East.