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Banned items

Online and over-the-counter sales and supply of the following single-use plastic items are banned:聽

• drinks stirrers聽
• balloon sticks聽聽
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• food and drink containers聽made of expanded and extruded polystyrene

Food and drink containers mean items used to contain food or drink that is ready to be consumed without further preparation. For example, takeaways.

There are no exemptions to the ban on these single-use plastic items.

Restricted items

Online and over-the-counter sales and supply of the following single-use plastic items have restrictions:聽

• plates, bowls and trays聽聽
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• cotton buds聽聽

This includes:聽

• all types of single-use plastic 鈥� including biodegradable, compostable and recycled plastic聽
• items wholly or partly made from plastic 鈥� including items with a plastic coating or lining, plastic additives, and plastic as part of a material mix, such as using plastic to bond layers of non-plastic materials聽

Exemptions for plates, bowls and trays聽

Businesses can supply single-use plastic plates, bowls and trays if either of the following apply:聽

• you are supplying them to another business聽
• the items are packaging, pre-filled or filled at the point of sale聽

Examples of this type of packaging include:聽

• a pre-filled salad bowl or ready meal packaged in a tray
• a salad bowl filled by the customer in store聽
• a plate filled at the counter of an establishment selling ready-to-consume food, such as a takeaway, bakery, canteen or public house
• a tray used to deliver food聽

Exemptions for straws聽

There are exemptions to the ban for some businesses.听

Registered pharmacies聽

Registered pharmacies can supply single-use plastic straws, but must:聽

• not display straws to customers聽
• not advertise single-use plastic straws to customers in store (pharmacies can advertise them online)
• only give straws to customers who request them聽

Catering establishments聽

Catering establishments can supply single-use plastic straws with food and drink for immediate consumption, but must:聽

• keep straws where customers cannot see them or help themselves to them聽
• only give straws to customers who request them聽
• not offer them to customers either verbally or in writing聽

A catering establishment is any of these businesses that supply food or drink ready for consumption without further preparation:聽

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• public house聽
• similar establishment including a vehicle or a fixed or mobile stall聽

Medical devices and uses聽

You can supply single-use plastic straws for use as a medical device or for medical purposes, including:聽

• preventative medicine聽
• medical diagnosis聽
• medical research聽
• providing medical care and treatment聽

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Drink products or cartons with an attached plastic straw are banned.

You can supply single-use plastic straws that are used as packaging. For example, some medicines are dispensed through a straw.听

Care homes, prisons, schools and early years providers聽

You can supply single-use plastic straws in:聽

• care homes聽
• premises used for early years provision聽
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• prisons or other places of detention聽

Exemptions for cotton buds聽

There are some exemptions to the ban on supplying single-use plastic cotton buds. This is for medical or scientific reasons.听

Medical devices and purposes聽

You can supply single-use plastic cotton buds for use as medical devices or for medical purposes including:聽

• preventative medicine聽
• medical diagnosis聽
• medical research聽
• providing medical care and treatment聽

Forensic purposes聽

You can supply single-use plastic cotton buds to forensic service providers.听

Scientific purposes聽

You can supply single-use plastic cotton buds for scientific purposes, including diagnostic, educational or research purposes.听

Polystyrene containers聽for unprocessed or unprepared food

Polystyrene boxes used to transport unprocessed or unprepared food through the supply chain are not banned. For example, polystyrene boxes used by fishers to store and transport freshly caught fish.

What we mean by single use and reusable

A product is single-use if it is not designed or intended for reuse.

A product is reusable if it can be used safely and easily many times for its original intended purpose. For example, by being:

• refilled at home over an extended lifespan
• reused by a business for many circuits or rotations

You cannot relabel a single-use product as reusable if the product has had no changes to it. An unchanged single-use product would still be banned under these regulations.

Alternatives to single-use plastic聽

Reusable alternatives

Businesses can use reusable alternatives where appropriate.听Consider reusable options such as ceramic, metal or glass. Reusable items are designed not to degrade and can be easily washed and reused. Examples include:

• reusable silicone straws with a travel case
• durable cutlery set with a travel case
• food containers with a sealable lid that are dishwasher, freezer, oven and microwave safe
• silicone sandwich and food bags that are dishwasher, freezer, oven and microwave safe

Single-use alternatives

If reusable alternatives are not appropriate, businesses can supply and sell single-use items made from other materials, such as wood or paper.听

Enforcing the rules聽

Local authorities will carry out inspections to make sure the rules are being followed. Inspectors can:聽

• visit a shop or store聽
• make test purchases聽
• speak to staff聽
• ask to see records聽

If you break the law, you could be fined and ordered to cover the cost of the investigation.

Appealing a fine聽

You can appeal within 28 days of getting a fine if you think something is wrong. The letter with the fine will tell you what to do.听

If you can show that you did everything you could to avoid breaking any rules, your appeal is likely to be accepted.听

Get help聽

If you have any questions about what the new rules mean for your business, contact plastics.consultation@defra.gov.uk.听

Technical information

Definition of plastic

Plastic is defined in .

Expanded and extruded polystyrene聽

Polystyrene is a polymer made from styrene monomers. Only polystyrene that has been through a foaming process is in the scope of this ban. Foaming is a method of expansion of the material at any point during its manufacture, by any means (such as heat from steam, expansion during cooling), using any blowing agent (such as butane, pentane, propane).听

Products made from polystyrene that has been expanded prior to fusion are expanded polystyrene (EPS) products.听

Products made from polystyrene that has first been extruded, then expanded, are extruded polystyrene (XPS) products.听

The following examples outline 2 manufacturing methods for EPS and XPS products. Other manufacturing processes for polystyrene products are also covered in the ban.听

Expansion (foaming) prior to fusion (EPS)听

Expandable polystyrene beads:

1. Beads impregnated with blowing agent.听
2. Beads heated in a steam chamber to allow for bead expansion (foaming).听
3. Expanded beads pumped into product mould.听
4. Mould is heated to fuse beads.听
5. Item released from mould.听

Extrusion prior to expansion (foaming) (XPS)听

Polystyrene nurdles:

1. Granules passed through an extruder to melt and for the addition of a blowing agent.听
2. Polystyrene passed out of an extruder, the reduced pressure and cooling allows for expansion (foaming).听
3. Polystyrene sheet formed into product shape.听
4. Polystyrene item cut from sheet, such as plastic carrier bags.