THE CHAIRMAN of Shetland Islands Council’s environment committee has backed moves by the Scottish Government to ban the manufacture and sale of plastic-stemmed cotton buds. Ryan Thomson, who also leads a campaign to eradicate single-use plastics in Shetland, said he is “glad the government are now starting to give this serious issue the attention it deserves”. A consultation is open on the cotton
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