The Guardian view on plastics: reducing bag use is not enough | Editorial

As the oil industry plans a big increase in the manufacture of packaging, the need for international action on waste has never been clearer From shocking footage of an albatross chick killed by a plastic toothpick to images of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and recent coverage of the increase in litter left behind by visitors to the British countryside during the pandemic, there is no shortage of evidence of the harm and ugliness caused by plastic. Public awareness of the problem has grown rap