THE COMHAIRLE nan Eilean Siar has become the first local authority in Scotland to pledge to go plastic straw-free in the battle against plastic pollution.
Last week Kate Forbes MSP, who is spearheading the Final Straw campaign, wrote to all of Scotland’s 32 councils urging them to ditch plastic straws to help save the environment.
In Scotland, consumers throw away an estimated three billion plastic straws each year.