THROWAWAY plastics which blight our coastlines and kill wildlife are to be banned in Scotland by 2030. The move by the Scottish Government matches an EU commitment announced last week, but it would not apply to the UK after Brexit. In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Herald, environment minister Roseanna Cunningham revealed she has instructed civil servants to look at restricting the sale and manufacture of all non-recyclable plastics “on an item by item basis”. Loading article content The announcement has been hailed by environmental campaigners in Scotland as the “strongest possible statement that we are serious about getting rid of plastic”. The EU pledged to make all plastic packaging reusable or recyclable by 2030 in a bid to reduce the amount of straws, bottles, cups, lids, stirrers, cutlery and takeaway packaging that end up in our seas and on our beaches. Frans Timmermans, the vice-president of the European Commission (EC), which proposes legislation, said Brussels’ priority was to clamp down on “single-use plastics that take five seconds to produce, you use it for five minutes and it takes 500 years to break down again”. He said: “If we don’t change the way we produce and use plastics, there… Read full this story
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