Top politicians, business leaders and campaigners are calling for an end to the use of plastic sample sachets, which they say will "pollute the planet for centuries". Sample sachets are a lucrative ...

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Top business leaders, MPs, and campaigners have today stepped up calls for an EU-wide ban on plastic sachets used to provide free samples of beauty, skincare, and household cleaning products, warning ...

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Businesses, academics and politicians have united to call for urgent action to eliminate the use of non-food plastic sachets, warning that the world is set to consumer one trillion of them by 2030.