According to The Guardian, Scotland and Wales also implemented similar action to phase out pollution single-use plastic items.
In 2020, UK government representatives banned the use of plastic cotton buds, straws and stirrers in an effort to reduce the plastic waste generated by the country.
A spokesperson from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) said that "we are determined to go further and faster to reduce, reuse, and recycle more of our resources in order to transform our waste industry and deliver on our commitments in the ambitious 25-year environment plan. Cutting our reliance on single-use plastics is crucial."
"Having already banned single-use straws, stirrers and cotton buds and ended the sale of billons of single-use bags with our plastic bag charge, we will be responding soon to a consultation on further bans of plastic plates, cutlery, balloon sticks and expanded and extruded polystyrene cups", they added.
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