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Plastic-free aisles were introduced in the UK as an optimal solution and there is a hope to expand this approach across Europe. Reducing plastic consumption will have positive environmental and health impacts. Japan has also taken steps to reduce plastic waste by 2020 through restrictions on microplastics and mandatory charges for plastic shopping bags. Some argue for innovative zero-waste solutions rather than bans, and that societies should shift to a circular economy model to maximize resource use.

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Plastic-free aisles were introduced in the UK as an optimal solution and there is a hope to expand this approach across Europe. Reducing plastic consumption will have positive environmental and health impacts. Japan has also taken steps to reduce plastic waste by 2020 through restrictions on microplastics and mandatory charges for plastic shopping bags. Some argue for innovative zero-waste solutions rather than bans, and that societies should shift to a circular economy model to maximize resource use.

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Plastic-free is considered as an optimal solution which is widely applied around

the world. Although this solution in the UK succeed initially in applying to


supermarkets, grocery stores through reproducing Plastic-Free Aisle at the
Packaging Innovations 2018 meeting in London, it is hoped to start a move
toward sans plastic shopping over Europe. Calderwood ( 2018) maintains that
the path will be loaded with regular things, including beverages, take-away
food, in inventive non-plastic materials, compostable materials, and customary
materials. "Such an extensive amount the discussion on plastic contamination
shockingly censures the shopper for purchasing food and drink items loaded in
plastic," said Sian Sutherland, fellow benefactor of A Plastic Planet.
"Decreasing this will have a hugely positive effect on our seas, our dirt, and on
the wellbeing of people in the future. We beseech industry to wake up,
recognize that reusing isn't the appropriate response and begin to kill the plastic
tap.". At the same point of the UK but having an obvious advance, Japan’s
government issued a draft plan for the distribution of plastic resources to
discourage microplastics from releasing into marine environments by 2020. The
Japan Times ( 2019) indicates that this addresses the reduction, reuse, and
recycling of plastics in general and seeks to introduce steps to avoid
microplastics being introduced into marine environments and to encourage
further analysis of the issue. Current regulations are voluntary, and various
companies are trying to reduce their emissions. Plastic bans are becoming
increasingly common and the Minister of Agriculture, Trade and Industry
Hiroshige Seko announced that charging for disposable plastic shopping bags
would become compulsory as early as April next. Minister of the Environment
Yoshiaki Harada revealed a proposal for enforcing a uniform ban on free plastic
shopping bags in supermarkets and other shops. However, according to
Nanyang Technological University Singapore ( 2019), instead of enforcing a
law banning plastic wastes, NTU Smart Campus develops innovative zero-
waste solutions, such as this environmentally friendly catalyst turn waste into
resources to create a sustainable future. The masterplan outlines Singapore's key
strategies for becoming a zero-waste nation. As a society, we need to break
away from the linear economy of "take, make, use and throw", and shift towards
a circular economy, where resources are kept in use for as long as possible.

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