Scottish government issues challenge to Michael Gove: 'Let's work together to fast-track plastic waste crackdown'

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Inspired by popularity of hashtag #naystrawatall, Scottish government is investigating whether it can impose a national ban on plastic straws

Just weeks after announcing a ban on plastic cotton buds, the Scottish government has plastic straws in its crosshairs. Scottish cabinet secretary for environment, climate change and land reform Roseanna...

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