04 Aug 2022 --- The UK’s Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA) is urging the Scottish government to avoid the systematic destruction of existing packaging stocks after Defra Minister Steve Double signed off the Scottish exemption to the Internal Market Act, which enables the country to enforce its landmark single-use plastic ban. The FPA warns that when the exemption comes into effect on August 12, 2022, Scottish businesses left with stocks will not be allowed to export banned items to businesses in England and beyond. This restriction will mean that stocks of items such as plastic cutlery, plates, straws and beverage stirrers cannot even be given to charities.
