Greenpeace says it's the prime minister's chance to confirm the government's green promises, as well as to take 'truly radical action to stem the torrent of plastic entering our natural world'.
The government proposals will go out for an eight-week consultation and are part of obligations under the post-Brexit Environment Act.
"We are setting out today a new approach to restoring our natural world, including improved protections for habitats and new long-term legally binding environment targets," said Environment Minister Rebecca Pow."They have led to our experts being stewards for a process, rather than stewards of the environment. We now have the freedom to do things better."
Greenpeace UK's head of politics, Rebecca Newsom, said:"This is Boris Johnson's chance to confirm robust plans that will deliver on the government's promise to fully or highly protect at least 30% of England's land and seas by 2030, and to take truly radical action to stem the torrent of plastic entering our natural world.
"These announcements must include solid targets to reduce single-use plastic by 50% by 2025 and ban industrial fishing in the UK's marine-protected areas as a matter of urgency."
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