Government's 'ambitious' environment plan will see plastic cutlery ban by mid-2021

Minister for Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport Eamon Ryan TD at the post-cabinet press briefing at Government Buildings in Dublin.

A new plan unveiled banning the likes of plastic cutlery by mid-2021, halving food waste, and having fully recyclable packaging by 2030 will make Ireland an environmental leader in Europe by "really stepping up to the plate".

That is according to Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Eamon Ryan, who was speaking at the launch of the so-called "Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy”.