Single use plastic should be phased out by law
It’s really not that simple. A bit like diesel cars – the reduction in “pollution” that they were supposed to provide has caused problems with other types of pollution that might actually be a bigger problem overall.
I’ve not done the life cycle analysis myself, but when wrapping fruit and veg apparently you’d have to reuse a paper bag five times before it’s overall better for the environment than one single-use thin plastic bag. Hard to see that being practical.
Responsible disposal of waste plastic seems like a better first step to me, but that requires the general public to change their attitudes.
EDIT: Almost forgot to say – thanks for the speedy response to this ST.