Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:07 pm on 24 May 2022.
That's a really important point that the Member makes. I join with her in congratulating those people who've signed up to the Big Plastic Count. I do remember, Llywydd, myself taking a group of young people across the beach, Tenby North beach, in the year 2000 as part of the millennium great plastic count, and having it repeated so that we can see where patterns are changing, where progress is being made and where ground is being lost, is a very important part of how we can plan to do better in the future.
We know that young people in schools have led the way in looking for recyclable glass bottles for milk, and paper straws instead of plastic straws. Young people themselves have been fantastic advocates for that. And doing more with the supermarkets—my colleague Lesley Griffiths, meets with them regularly. And as I said, a number of supermarkets are themselves genuinely wishing to be progressive in doing more in the packaging that they use, in the reuse of material that otherwise would go into landfill, and we can certainly take up the idea that the Member has mentioned this afternoon.