English: Can I begin, also, by thanking my colleague Huw Irranca-Davies for bringing this debate forward today and the fellow Members from across the Chamber who also supported this legislative proposal? Plastic waste is one of the most visible symptoms of environmental damage and a legacy we must not be accused of leaving to our future generations. Our oceans, rivers, beaches, fields and hedgerows are all too often filled with discarded single-used plastics, as are the ecosystems they provide. With this groundbreaking legislative proposal, we have a real opportunity to make Wales an international example of best practice when it comes to reducing single-use plastics. As individuals, there are changes that we can and we should all make to reduce our plastic waste, but it is my firm belief that we cannot achieve the huge reductions in single-use plastics that we need with individual action alone. This is not to negate it, but all too often it is used as excuse for a lack of legislative action. So, this is an issue that we must all take extremely seriously, both as legislators and citizens, as part of the climate emergency that this Chamber and this Welsh Government have rightly declared. I believe, as does this Welsh Government, that for the sake of our future generations, we must take action immediately before the situation gets any worse, and I would therefore like to praise the actions being taken in my own constituency right now. Caerphilly council have pledged to spend every penny of the Welsh Government's period dignity grant for the borough only on plastic-free menstrual products. This example of positive public procurement, being led by Councillor Philippa Marsden and thanks to the Cardiff-based campaigner Ella Daish, is a fine example of how institutions in Wales can use their powerful procurement power to cut down on plastic waste and lead the way. Hygiene and sanitary products are often amongst the highest causes of single-use plastic waste, and any way in which we can incentivise voluntary switches to more environmentally friendly alternatives should be welcomed. Government - local, regional, national and international - must do more than play a part. They must lead the way and fight the fight like never before. Though I know there are many examples of best practice across Wales, more often than not these are individual schemes, so this innovative and important Bill could help to facilitate both a holistic and a strategic approach in reducing plastic waste, and it should not be up to the Greta Thunbergs of this world to point out where nations lead and then be castigated for it. We in Wales have fully recognised the urgency and declared - the first to do so - a climate emergency. For most in this Chamber, the debate has moved on. It is no longer why, but how we now deliver on our mandate. Immediately establishing national targets and an important cross-governmental action plan demonstrates how seriously we're taking the climate emergency so that Wales can become a world leader in reducing its consumption of single-use plastics. So, I urge all Members of this Chamber to recognise climate change and work with us in making that needed change, and move Wales out of climate emergency and into climate stability.
Welsh: A gaf fi ddechrau, hefyd, drwy ddiolch i'm cyd-Aelod, Huw Irranca-Davies, am gyflwyno'r ddadl hon heddiw ac i'r cyd-Aelodau ar draws y Siambr a gefnogodd y cynnig deddfwriaethol hwn hefyd? Gwastraff plastig yw un o'r symptomau mwyaf amlwg o niwed amgylcheddol a gwaddol na ddylem gael ein cyhuddo o'i adael ar gyfer cenedlaethau'r dyfodol. Mae ein cefnforoedd, ein hafonydd, ein traethau, ein caeau a'n gwrychoedd yn aml iawn wedi'u llenwi â phlastigau untro a daflwyd, fel y mae'r ecosystemau y maent yn eu darparu. Gyda'r cynnig deddfwriaethol arloesol hwn, mae gennym gyfle gwirioneddol i wneud Cymru'n enghraifft ryngwladol o ymarfer gorau o ran lleihau plastigau defnydd untro. Fel unigolion, mae newidiadau y gallwn ac y dylem i gyd eu gwneud i leihau ein gwastraff plastig, ond rwy'n credu'n gryf na allwn gyflawni'r gostyngiadau enfawr mewn plastigau untro sydd eu hangen arnom drwy weithredu fel unigolion yn unig. Nid ei negyddu yw hyn, ond yn rhy aml fe'i defnyddir yn esgus am ddiffyg gweithredu deddfwriaethol. Felly, mae hwn yn fater y mae'n rhaid i bob un ohonom fod o ddifrif yn ei gylch, fel deddfwyr ac fel dinasyddion, yn rhan o'r argyfwng hinsawdd y mae'r Siambr hon a Llywodraeth Cymru wedi'i ddatgan, a hynny'n gwbl briodol. Rwy'n credu, fel y mae'r Llywodraeth hon yng Nghymru'n credu, fod yn rhaid i ni weithredu ar unwaith er mwyn cenedlaethau'r dyfodol cyn i'r sefyllfa waethygu, ac oherwydd hynny hoffwn ganmol y camau sy'n cael eu cymryd yn fy etholaeth ar hyn o bryd. Mae Cyngor Caerffili wedi addo gwario pob ceiniog o grant urddas yn ystod mislif Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer y fwrdeistref ar gynnyrch mislif di-blastig yn unig. Mae'r enghraifft hon o gaffael cyhoeddus cadarnhaol, sy'n cael ei harwain gan y Cynghorydd Philippa Marsden gyda diolch i'r ymgyrchydd o Gaerdydd, Ella Daish, yn enghraifft wych o sut y gall sefydliadau yng Nghymru ddefnyddio eu pŵer caffael pwerus i leihau gwastraff plastig ac arwain y ffordd. Yn aml, mae cynhyrchion hylendid a mislif ymhlith prif achosion gwastraff plastig untro, a dylid croesawu unrhyw ffordd y gallwn gymell newid gwirfoddol i ddewisiadau amgen sy'n fwy ecogyfeillgar. Rhaid i Lywodraeth - yn lleol, rhanbarthol, cenedlaethol a rhyngwladol - wneud mwy na chwarae rhan. Rhaid iddynt arwain y ffordd ac ymladd y frwydr fel na wnaeth erioed o'r blaen. Er y gwn fod llawer o enghreifftiau o arferion gorau ledled Cymru, yn amlach na pheidio cynlluniau unigol yw'r rhain, felly gallai'r Bil arloesol a phwysig hwn helpu i hwyluso ymagwedd gyfannol a strategol ar gyfer lleihau gwastraff plastig, ac ni ddylid ei adael i Greta Thunbergs y byd hwn nodi ble y mae cenhedloedd yn arwain, a chael eu ceryddu am wneud hynny. Rydym ni yng Nghymru wedi llwyr gydnabod y brys ac wedi datgan argyfwng hinsawdd - y cyntaf i wneud hynny. I'r rhan fwyaf yn y Siambr hon, mae'r ddadl wedi symud ymlaen. Mater o sut y cyflawnwn ein mandad yw hi bellach, nid pam. Mae sefydlu targedau cenedlaethol ar unwaith a chynllun gweithredu trawslywodraethol pwysig yn dangos pa mor bwysig yw'r argyfwng hinsawdd i ni fel y gall Cymru ddod yn arweinydd byd-eang o ran lleihau ei defnydd o blastigau untro. Felly, rwy'n annog holl Aelodau'r Siambr hon i gydnabod newid hinsawdd a gweithio gyda ni i wneud y newid hwnnw, a symud Cymru allan o argyfwng hinsawdd a thuag at sefydlogrwydd o ran yr hinsawdd.