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'We are not going to recycle our way out of this problem'

MEP's are due to debate whether to endorse a new law banning the sale of single-use plastic products across the European Union. Supporters of the legislation hope that it would take effect from 2021.

How effective would such a ban be? Sian Sutherland is founder of the anti plastic campaign organisation "A Plastic Planet".

(Photo: Plastic dolls head among plastic bottles Credit: Getty Images)

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