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This is what you have been writing to us about this week. How nice that spring is here and the flowers are starting to bloom, giving the area a wonderful scene of bright colours and smells. What a shame therefore that the flowers have to compete with discarded masks, KFC bags, Costa cups, Mcdonald’s wrappers and numerous other pieces of litter thrown by drivers too lazy to put them in their own recycling/waste bins. What is it going to take to get these people to care about our environment, our town and our community? There are many unsung litter pickers in our community who do a tremendous amount of work clearing up after the litter tossers but they are being overwhelmed at present.
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Friends of the Earth Scotland says there was a 80% reduction in the number of plastic bags given out during the first year of the charge (PA)
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An increase in the charge for single-use carrier bags has come into force in a move welcomed by a leading environmental group.
The cost has risen from 5p per bag to 10p after the initiative was backed by MSPs earlier this year.
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And in a move to boost the reuse of packaging material, he is also looking at a fee-based scheme to encourage producers to design and use packaging that is easier to re-use and/or recycle.
“With a shocking 1.3 million items of litter on our streets at any one time almost half of that littered packaging including drink cans, plastic bottles, confectionery and crisp wrappers we need to move now to tackle this problem,” Minister Poots said.
“So today, alongside England and Wales, I am launching a consultation on options for a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers including glass bottles, aluminium and steel cans and PET plastic bottles.