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Plastic cutlery is banned under new rules but plastic containers for takeaway and shop bought meals are not.
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Plastic cutlery is banned under new rules but plastic containers for takeaway and shop bought meals are not.
The crackdown is part of new series of Government restrictions, which will be enforced locally by councils through their trading standards teams.
The government will ban single-use plastic cutlery, polystyrene cups and containers across England from Sunday.
Firms have said that they were not aware of a ban in England on single-use plastic cutlery, plates and polystyrene trays that comes into force on Sunday.
Plastic cutlery is banned under new rules but plastic containers for takeaway and shop bought meals are not.