Scotland looks set to be the next part of the UK to ban wet wipes containing plastic. The Scottish Government has vowed to work with colleagues in Westminster, where they are to be outlawed for England.
Last week, the UK environment minister Therese Coffey announced a ban for England will come into force in the next 12 months. A similar move in Scotland would signal victory for a Sunday Mail joint campaign with Scottish Water and David Attenborough’s award-winning Scottish cameraman Doug Allan.
He urged governments north and south of the border to speed up the implementation of the ban. Allan said: “The announcement from Therese Coffey that wet wipes containing plastic will be prohibited in England is a big step forward and very, very welcome.
