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How trading standards services can be effective in environmental protection
Posted 01 August 2019 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Analysis|Health and Safety|National
ANALYSIS: From illegal waste to plastic pollution and 'fatbergs', environmental harms increasingly intersect with consumer protection. This feature explores where trading standards can influence behaviour, enforcement and sustainability.
Toxic air quality contributes to the deaths of 9,000 Londoners per year. Around eight million pieces of plastic make it into the sea every day. Climate experts warn that if we do not get global warming into check, limiting the rise in average temperature to 1.5°c above pre-industrial levels, we will suffer devastating consequences. Clearly, action is required.
There is a widespread a...
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