Nothing should be flushed down toilets except paper, poo and pee, but if paper cotton buds do find their way into the sewers, they will become waterlogged and should not reach our waterways and oceans. Read about Johnson's new paper cotton buds and other actions being proposed to reduce plastic marine litter, in The Telegraph's Science section.
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Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies have followed through on the pledge made in early 2016, to transition their iconic blue plastic cotton buds to paper stems. They will be in shops near you soon.
The well-known baby and parenting store has pledged to change its ownbrand cotton bud stems to paper, by the end of 2017.
The Times describes how more retailers have pledged to ditch plastic cotton buds for paper, effectively banning them.
After listening to the scientific evidence for the damage done by plastic cotton buds in the marine environment, Asda commits to change from plastic to paper cotton buds in 2017
Aldi is fast becoming a household name in the UK and has shown its commitment to the environment by pledging to replace plastic cotton buds with paper