North Staffs Green Party Adam Colclough has written to Environment Secretary Michael Gove calling on him to act on plastic pollution.
Mr Colclough, who is representing the Green Party in the Boothen and Oakhill ward at the 2019 local elections is actin in support of a national campaign run by environmentalist group Friends of the Earth.
The full text of his letter reads:
Plastic debris has been found across the globe from the highest mountains to the deepest parts of the sea.
Traces of plastic refuse have also been found in some of the UK’s most valuable and vulnerable landscapes.
The UK government has made some important progress with steps to tackle plastic waste from sources such as drinking straws and cotton buds. There remains much more that need to be done.
MPs from all parties are coming together to support the Plastic Pollution Bill, which calls for the phasing out of plastic pollution in all its forms.
On behalf of North Staffs Green Party, I urge you as the minister with responsibility for the environment to do all that is within your powers to ensure this vital legislation enters the statute books.
Mr Colclough said:
‘The whole world is becoming aware of the devastating impact plastic pollution is having and of the need to act quickly to find a solution to this problem’.
He added that:
‘This is an issue where it is vital that we work together on a national and international level to protect the environment from immanent disaster, for that reason I am happy to join Friends of the Earth in supporting the Plastic Pollution Bill becoming law’.
To sign the Friends of the Earth letter to Michael Gove go to: https://act.friendsoftheearth.uk/act/ask-michael-gove-act-end-plastic-pollution?utm_source=call-to-action-supporting&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=plastics&utm_content=2019-04_lm1903046-michael-gove-plastic-action&user=5157CB6B52B64B10447863BB144C3B55
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