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The Scottish Government are to start a consultation on banning plastic bags from the country. And about bloody time too!
There has been a number of false starts on this in Scotland, while the rest of the world has just got on with it. There's been six years since the previous attempt to impose a 10p charge on every plastic bag was rejected by the parliament as "unworkable" even though Ireland managed to do it. And it's been four years since Edinburgh Council rejected a ban despite the massive landfill fees it has to pay.
You could weep for those lost years in tackling the problem. Hopefully we'll get some momentum behind it this time. After all, if Italy can do it then why can't we?
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