Could an end be in sight for the ocean litter scourge of plastic cotton buds?

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Johnson & Johnson and Waitrose become latest companies to pledge a shift to paper alternatives

A campaign to encourage manufacturers of cotton buds to switch from using plastic to paper sticks has secured a major victory after it was announced Johnson and Johnson and Waitrose will make the transition....

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