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# single-use plastic

This year
2024
What is the new deposit-return scheme for bottles and cans and how will it work?
The scheme is being rolled out from Thursday.
All time
Poll: Do you make efforts to reduce how much plastics you buy?
Straws, cutlery and cotton buds among single-use plastics banned from tomorrow
Ban on some single-use plastic and levy on disposable cups: The government's plan to tackle waste
Dublin councillor proposes ban on sale of takeaway single-use plastics
Mount Everest region to ban single-use plastics
Poll: Should Ireland ban all single-use plastics?
Canada is planning to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021
Government and schools will no longer buy single-use plastic cups, cutlery and straws
EU parliament approves ban on single-use plastics, including straws and cotton buds
Poll: Do you make efforts to reduce how much single-use plastics you buy?