Wondering about Scotland’s plastics bans from June 2022? The Scottish Government has published draft guidance on their Environmental Protection Regulations 2021.

Confused? Don’t be. Here’s our hot take on how Vegware can help Scotland’s food businesses meet the new rules.

Scotland is introducing most of the same bans as the much of Europe. So here’s the lowdown…

Banned in Scotland from June 2022	Vegware’s compliant alternatives
Polystyrene foam containers	Bagasse takeaway boxes, our Gourmet range, or our new microflute boxes
Polystyrene cups	Our wide range of hot cups – double or single wall
Plastic plates	Bagasse tableware
Plastic cutlery	We are still able to supply CPLA or PLA cutlery in Scotland Or try our quality wooden cutlery
Plastic stirrers	Our wooden stirrers made from sustainably-sourced birch wood
Plastic straws (including PLA & ecovio straws)	Our wide range of paper straws (Plastic straws will only be allowed for people with medical or care needs)

• Vegware are still able to supply our cutlery and straws made from CPLA, PLA and ecovio in Scotland, under the Internal Markets Act. Read these useful FAQs and paragraphs 8 and 9 here.
• Read the Scottish draft regulations here on Scotland’s plastics bans from June 2022.
• Find more detail on Scotland’s straws exemption in these useful FAQs.
• Wondering about the rest of the UK’s approach to single use plastics? Why not read our explainer on the UK and the EU Plastics Directive.

What’s banned & what’s not

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