Single-use plastic is set to disappear from the chambers and offices of Stroud District Council after a unanimous vote last night.

Councillors backed a motion to stop buying single-use plastics throughout their supply-chain by 2025 at their April 26 meeting.

They also voted to stop the sale of single-use plastic at council sites and events by 2020.

The council must now draw up a plan on how to put the vote into practice - they’ve set themselves a July deadline.

The motion, proposed by Green councillor Catherine Braun for Wotton-under-Edge and seconded by Cam West’s Paul Denney of Labour, received cross-party support.

Leader of the council’s Conservatives Nigel Cooper had originally proposed his own motion, but withdrew it before the meeting to amend and then vote in favour of cllr Braun’s.

SDC can now count itself among 200 other communities across the UK that are striving to ditch single-use plastic.

“I’m delighted that there was such strong support from all political parties for this motion,” said cllr Braun.

“By making these changes our council is taking action to protect the natural environment for future generations, and helping local businesses and residents to use products that protect our streams, rivers and oceans.”

Cllr Paul Denney added “In Stroud District we are now taking steps to stop our oceans turning into a plastic soup. Working together we can protect ocean wildlife and stop plastic ending up in the food chain."