Ban on Single Use Plastic to take full effect from August

[Keith_M]

I realise there's a danger this could become a political argument but...


I was just reading that the ban on many single use plastic items in Scotland is to fully come into effect from 12th August (https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/single-use-plastics-ban-to-take-full-effect-after-uk-government-move-3778717). I think it was supposed to be from 1st June but was one of the areas of legislation affected by the 'Internal Market Bill'.

I realise this is only one small step, but it's good news that this has now been excluded from the IMB, and we can make at lest some progress in reducing the unnecessary use of plastic.


Here's an article (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-61644344) with some more detail on the changes..

[Ozyhibby]

I realise there's a danger this could become a political argument but...


I was just reading that the ban on many single use plastic items in Scotland is to fully come into effect from 12th August (https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/single-use-plastics-ban-to-take-full-effect-after-uk-government-move-3778717). I think it was supposed to be from 1st June but was one of the areas of legislation affected by the 'Internal Market Bill'.

I realise this is only one small step, but it's good news that this has now been excluded from the IMB, and we can make at lest some progress in reducing the unnecessary use of plastic.


Here's an article (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-61644344) with some more detail on the changes..

Great news, we’ll done Scotland.[emoji122][emoji122][emoji122]


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[Keith_M]

Great news, we’ll done Scotland.[emoji122][emoji122][emoji122]


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:agree:


I think there's a lot of pressure in other parts of the UK to introduce similar legislation so I'm hoping this is introduced in England, Wales and NI as well.

What makes me optimistic about that is that the UK government giving in (if that's the correct term) may be a sign that they might just do that.

[Colr]

As with the smoking ban Scotland is showing England what leadership looks like.