IKEA sets October 2018 deadline for plastic straw ban

BusinessGreen staff
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All single-use plastic straws will be removed from UK and Ireland stores by October as part of flatpack giant's push to eliminate single-use plastics across its operations by 2020

Plastic straws are among the first victims of IKEA's promise to eliminate single-use plastics by the end of the decade, with news yesterday they will be phased out of all UK and Ireland stores by October...

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