A second storm is set to hit the UK today just hours after a nine-year-old boy and a woman were killed in Storm Malik.
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Ketchup, mayonnaise and vinegar sachets are going to be banned across the UK under new curbs to fight single-use plastics.
Restaurants and takeaways will be prohibited from distributing plastics as part of ongoing measures designed to cut down on waste that isn’t easy to recycle and which will usually end up in landfill or the sea.
Plastic plates, mini milk pots and popular extras such as salad dressing could also be banned across the UK, under plans being drawn up by the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs.
The ban would follow on from plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds, which became illegal in the majority of circumstances in 2020.
It would also add to changes on plastic bags which has seen the use of them fall by more than 95 per cent since supermarkets began having to charge extra for them in 2015, according to Mirror Online.
The charge increased to 10p from 5p in May last year and now applies to every retailer, from giant supermarket chains to corner shops, small clothes boutiques, butchers, greengrocers and airport duty-free stores.
The government launched a call for evidence in November on how to tackle pollution from commonly littered single-use plastic items such as sachets, wet wipes and coffee cups.
It said then that options included a ban.
The report concluded that single-use sauce sachets could “cause considerable harm to the marine and terrestrial environment when disposed of incorrectly”.
Because of their small size and heavy contamination with food, they are hard to segregate and clean, making them unlikely to be recycled.
A government source said yesterday that a ban on plastic sachets was being considered because “alternatives do exist and sachets are very problematic”.
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A second storm is set to hit the UK today just hours after a nine-year-old boy and a woman were killed in Storm Malik.
A schoolboy died after being struck by a tree as Storm Malik wreaked havoc on the UK this afternoon.
A nine-year-old boy has died after being hit by a falling tree.
A woman has died after strong winds from Storm Malik caused a tree to uproot and fall in Aberdeen.
A woman has tragically been killed by a fallen tree in Aberdeen amid gale-force winds during Storm Malik.
A brick wall has crushed multiple vehicles as brutal winds batter Scotland during Storm Malik.
High winds and wet weather is set to hit Greater Manchester on Saturday as the UK feels the effects of Storm Malik.
The Met Office has issued two yellow weather warnings for this weekend as Storm Malik brings strong winds to the region.
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