Still much work to be done, says minister
The environment minister says good progress has been made in removing single-use plastics in government buildings - but there is still much more work to be done.
Geoffrey Boot was answering a question fromArbory, castletown and Malew MHK Jason Moorhouse.
Mr Boot told the court that since the single-use plastics reduction plan for government was introduced in July 2018, departments had appointed 'sustainability champions' to review progress:
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