Article taken from scotsman.com
The HebCelt festival in Stornoway, which axed plastic straws in 2014, has now banned plastic bottles. Picture: Contributed
One of Scotland’s biggest outdoor music festivals is set to impose a ban on plastic bottles this year.
The Scottish Government has urged other event organisers to follow the lead of the Hebridean Celtic Festival on the Isle of Lewis.
It has asked caterers only to serve drinks in paper cups and will only be issuing reusable water bottles to crew, volunteers and acts like Deacon Blue and The Fratellis.
Fans attending the event will be urged not to bring “single-use” plastic bottles along to the event, which is staged in the grounds of Lews Castle, in Stornoway.