Monday briefing: England’s single-use plastics ban explained

In this week’s briefing, Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk about what the incoming single use plastics ban means for businesses in England including retailers, vendors and the hospitality industry. They discuss the International Climate and Energy Summit coming up in Madrid, where industry, finance and civil society leaders have gathered to accelerate progress in the clean energy transition to attempt to align with the Paris Agreement.

Plus, ahead of this week’s future of plastics and packaging conference in Amsterdam, Innovation Forum’s Diana Kim shares some useful content highlighting some of the progress made tackling plastics use in the past year.