Scotland take further steps in Tackling marine litter with proposal to ban plastic cotton buds

Further to the ban on microbeads which came into force in the UK this week, Scotland look to take it a bit further with a proposal to ban the manufacture and sale of plastic cotton buds. Plans to introduce legislation to ban the manufacture and sale of plastic stemmed cotton buds have been announced by Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham. The proposals will be put to public consultation and would position Scotland as the first country in the UK to legislate against these environmentally damaging items. Plastic cotton buds are consistently…

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