Article 3D08Q Scotland to become first UK country to ban plastic cotton buds

Scotland to become first UK country to ban plastic cotton buds

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Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent
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Crackdown on manufacture and sale of product will cut Scotland's contribution to marine plastic pollution by half, says expert

The Scottish government plans to ban the manufacture and sale of plastic-stemmed cotton buds in a move that will cut the country's marine plastic pollution by half, according to campaigners.

Related: Plastic microbeads ban enters force in UK

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