Scotland Bans Plastic Cotton Buds

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By Jordan DavidsonOct 14, 2019, 12:14 pm201 pts
It may seem innocuous to flush a Q-tip down the toilet, but those bits of plastic have been washing up on beaches and pose a threat to the birds, turtles and marine life that call those beaches home. The scourge of plastic "nurdles," as they are called, has pushed Scotland to implement a complete ban on the…

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