Plastic plates and polystyrene cups will also be banned in England in what ministers call a 'war on plastic'.
On average, each person in England uses 18 single-use plastic plates and 37 single-use plastic items of cutlery every year, according to government figures.
Environment Secretary George Eustice said everyone had "seen the damage that plastic does to our environment" and it was right to "put in place measures that will tackle the plastic carelessly strewn across our parks and green spaces and washed up on beaches". But the ban may take over a year to become law, with legislation needing to go through Parliament, and it is understood it could be April 2023 before it comes into force.'I would vote for anybody who'll ban plastic cutlery'Paris Michailidis sells bamboo cutlery throughout the UK.Paris welcomes the proposed ban on single-use plastic, saying: "I would vote for anybody who'll ban it.
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