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Maria Westerbos, from the Plastic Soup Foundation and Plastic Health Council, said: ‘There should be no doubt in the fact that plastic is killing us in the long term. We have seen study upon study demonstrating the stark reality that we must work towards a future free from toxic plastic with immediate effect.’

Next week, negotiations will continue in Ottawa, Canada, in a bid to create a UN Global Plastics Treaty, designed to transform how the world produces and disposes of plastics.

‘The Global Plastics Treaty represents a milestone moment in the trajectory of the plastics crisis,’ said Ms Westerbos. ‘But change will only happen if policymakers remove their heads from the sand and listen to the science.’