 Time is running out for single-use plastics. From the 30th of October, it will become illegal for businesses to supply or sell some single-use plastic products, like polystyrene cups and food trays, plastic plates, cutlery, cotton birds, drinking straws, stirrers and balloon sticks. Find out how to get your business ready. Search single-use plastic ban whales. Together, it's our business to clean up whales.