The government-wide ban, which was announced in early January and comes into effect today, aims to reduce single-use plastics in our environment. The public bodies are now banned from purchasing single-use plastic cups, cutlery and straws for use on their premises. The development follows a new EU directive on single-use plastics, which will ban straws, cotton bud sticks made from plastic, plastic plates and cutlery, plastic coffee stirrers and plastic balloon holders. We decided to take one site, one cafe and make it single-use plastic free. Our goal, taking into consideration we are a research institution with labs, is to be a single-use plastic free campus,” said Maria.

Source: Irish Examiner March 31, 2019 23:03 UTC