This is not correct:

British high street waste is fouling streams and ditches in China
despite promises of an environmental crackdown by both governments.

Mai
village in Guangdong province, southern China, suffers from a
Made-in-Britain eyesore: Tesco and Argos plastic bags choke the
waterways, snag on tree branches and contribute to a rotting stench
during floods and hot weather. There is even a green and white Help The
Aged carrier bag printed with a slogan proclaiming the charity’s fight
against "poverty, isolation and neglect".

It is a side-effect of globalisation. Many of these products were
manufactured in China, shipped to the UK for use and sent 5,000 miles
back for disposal.

It is not a side effect of globalization. It is a side effect of the idiot recycling rules that the EU imposes upon us. Get rid of the stupid targets for recycling (which do more damage than good anyway) and those plastic bags will go into landfill, where they belong. We bury the carbon and as they do finally decompose we collect the methane to keep the lights on. Simple, effective, but we can’t do it because environmental policy has been hijacked by the lunatics.