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Update 2nd May -This article has been revised after a conversation with the Welsh Government and has changed to reflect the fact that a ban only applies to polymers (including corn based PLA) and not all materials as originally thought

It's here, the Welsh Government has announced there single-use plastic products bill and it has merit (unlike the UK Government Plastic Tax) but as is always the case , it leaves a number of questions and companies like us need answers as to “does this...

The Welsh Government has announced  that they will be the first part of the UK to ban single use products.

A ban or taxing the problem of single use plastics sounds like a brilliant opportunity to move the UK away from it's dependency away from petrol based plastics but sadly the devil is in the detail (spoiler alert - it's not looking good).

The plastic tax (more information here)  is going to have a great impact on the upcoming years, so what's is the plastic tax?