Flushing a cotton bud down the lavatory will no longer be so harmful to the environment, under plans from one of the world's biggest toiletry manufacturers to switch from plastic to paper sticks.

The plastic will be replaced by rolled paper in a bid to cut down on waste and save marine life COTTON buds are we know them are set to disappear from supermarket shelves, with the plastic being ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

We all have them in our bathroom and use them for a host of small jobs. I'm talking about the cotton bud. We tested five different brands. All are 100pc cotton and all can do the job but are there ...

Single use plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds are banned from today - as part of a clampdown on plastic pollution. That means it is now illegal for businesses to supply plastic straws ...

Beloved by make-up artists for tidying up an eyeliner flick or buffing dead skin from the lips, cotton buds are a fixture in many of our beauty routines. However, we get through an estimated 1.8 ...

We've all been there, reaching for a cotton bud to give our ears a quick clean. But according to ITV's Dr Amir Khan, we should be avoiding this seemingly harmless habit. In a frank Instagram video ...