EU agrees single-use plastics ban to reduce marine litter — EUbusiness.com | EU news, business and politics

EU agrees single-use plastics ban to reduce marine litter — EUbusiness.com | EU news, business and politics

Provisional plans to ban single-use plastics, agreed Wednesday by the EU institutions, target products most often found on beaches such as plates, cutlery, straws and cotton buds, and abandoned fishing gear.

/ Bishopston Comprehensive headteacher Jeff Bird talks to Claire Pearson about his school’s single-use plastic pledge.

/ Bishopston Comprehensive headteacher Jeff Bird talks to Claire Pearson about his school’s single-use plastic pledge.

Bishopston Comprehensive School in Swansea is getting rid of single-use plastic drinks bottles. Instead pupils will be offered jugs of tap water with their school meals.