English: I'd like to thank Huw Irranca-Davies for bringing this motion before the Senedd. I was very pleased to support the motion to propose legislation to reduce single-use plastics on behalf of Plaid Cymru. Since plastic has been used on an industrial scale, pollution because of that has increased daily to the huge scale that we see today, for the simple reason that plastic doesn't rot over time. According to Beachwatch, there's been an increase in the last decade of plastic for every 100m of coastline, from 381 pieces to 485 pieces. Now, every piece of plastic pollutes that environment and has a terrible impact on natural life. The environment committee in the Senedd heard recently from Cardiff University that half of the insects in the Taf had plastics in them, and microplastics were a plague in Welsh rivers. This isn't a problem that we can recycle our way out of either, because of the nature of plastic, and it's a cause of huge concern that over 60 per cent of the plastics that Wales recycles is exported. A nation that wants to be globally responsible shouldn't be exporting pollution elsewhere. I announced recently that Plaid Cymru in Government would aim towards the banning of unnecessary single-use plastic by the middle of the next decade. The Welsh Government could start that work now by announcing its intention to ban single-use plastic bags as soon as possible, as 70 nations have already done, aiming then to ban wet wipes and polystyrene, and some of the other things that Huw Irranca-Davies has already mentioned. There are other steps that can be taken, including educating people on the need to reduce their use of single-use plastics; labelling plastic products in order to enable consumers to make informed decisions in buying goods; promoting goods that don't add to the problem with a particular label, as Fairtrade has done already in a different way for ethical products; introducing a levy on products such as single-use cups, as has already been mentioned, to encourage people to use their own caps; and to introduce regulations to reduce use in festivals and so on. Llywydd, Plaid Cymru is pleased to support this legislative proposal today as a small but significant step on the road towards eradicating single-use plastics from our economy. Thank you.
Welsh: Hoffwn ddiolch i Huw Irranca-Davies am ddod â'r cynnig hwn gerbron y Senedd. Roeddwn yn falch o gefnogi'r cynnig i gyflwyno Mesur ar leihau'r defnydd o blastig untro ar ran grŵp Plaid Cymru. Ers i blastig gael ei ddefnyddio ar raddfa ddiwydiannol, mae llygredd o'i herwydd wedi cynyddu'n ddyddiol i'r graddau anferth rydym yn ei weld heddiw, am y rheswm sylw nad yw plastig yn pydru dros amser. Yn ôl Beachwatch, mae cynnydd wedi bod dros y ddegawd ddiwethaf mewn darnau o blastig ar gyfer pob 100m o arfordir, o 381 darn i 485 darn. Nawr, mae pob un darn o blastig yn llygru'r amgylchedd yna ac mae'n cael effaith ofnadwy ar fywyd naturiol. Clywodd bwyllgor amgylchedd y Senedd yn ddiweddar gan Brifysgol Caerdydd fod hanner y pryfed yn Afon Taf â phlastig ynddyn nhw a bod meicroblastigau yn bla ledled afonydd Cymru. Dyw hon ddim yn broblem y gallwn ein hailgylchu ein ffordd ohoni ychwaith oherwydd natur plastig, ac mae'n destun pryder bod dros 60 y cant o blastig y mae Cymru yn ei ailgylchu yn cael ei allforio. Ni ddylai gwlad sydd eisiau bod yn gyfrifol yn fyd-eang allforio llygredd i lefydd eraill. Fe wnes i gyhoeddi'n ddiweddar y byddai Plaid Cymru mewn Llywodraeth yn anelu at wahardd plastig untro diangen erbyn canol y ddegawd nesaf. Gallai Llywodraeth Cymru ddechrau ar y gwaith hwn nawr drwy gyhoeddi bwriad i wahardd bagiau plastig cyn gynted â bod hynny'n ymarferol, fel mae 70 o wledydd eisoes wedi'i wneud, gan anelu wedyn i wahardd wet wipes a pholystyren, a rhai o'r pethau eraill y mae Huw Irranca-Davies wedi'u gosod mas. Mae camau eraill a all gael eu cymryd, yn cynnwys addysgu pobl ynglŷn â'r angen i leihau ein defnydd o blastigau untro; labelu cynnyrch plastig er mwyn galluogi cwsmeriaid i wneud penderfyniadau goleuedig wrth brynu nwyddau; hyrwyddo cynnyrch sydd ddim yn cyfrannu at y broblem gyda label nodedig, fel y mae Fairtrade wedi'i wneud gyda chynnyrch moesegol; cyflwyno levy ar gynnyrch fel cwpanau plastig, sydd wedi cael ei osod mas, er mwyn annog pobl i ddefnyddio rhai eu hunain; a chyflwyno rheoliadau i leihau defnydd mewn gwyliau ac ati. Llywydd, mae Plaid Cymru yn falch o gefnogi'r cynnig deddfwriaethol hwn heddiw fel cam bach ond cam pwysig ar y ffordd tuag at waredu plastigau untro o'r economi. Diolch.