Consultation on banning the distribution of plastic straws

The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has today launched a consultation to “gather views from stakeholders on the proposals to ban the distribution and/or sale of plastic straws, plastic - stemmed cotton buds and plastic drink stirrers in England.”

The consultation document and relevant impact statements can be found by following this link

Responses can be submitted by:

• using the citizen space consultation hub (follow link);
• emailing Plastics.Consultation@defra.gsi.gov.uk ; or
• writing to Plastic straws, stirrers & cotton buds Consultation, Resources & Waste Team, Defra, Ground Floor, Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF.

The consultation closes 3 December 2018.