Aberdeen City Council is taking steps which could lead to a ban in plastic drinking straws.

This comes after councillors discussed the Final Straw campaign, which aims to outlaw plastic straws in Scotland.

It was agreed that an audit should be carried out across all council services to identify outlets where plastic drinking straws are made available.

The council is working with Scotland Excel and the supply chain to source products which either require no drinking straw or can be used with bio-degradable drinking straws where necessary.

Plastic straws will also be removed from points of sale and from drinks provided as part of school meals.

The council will also consult with the Disability Equity Partnership to ensure that no disabled person is disadvantaged by any proposals.

This follows concerns raised by disability advocacy groups that some people require a fully flexible drinking straw and many available non-plastic alternatives are not suitable.

An update report will be completed which will recommend to the council whether or not it can commit to backing the campaign.

Councillor Philip Bell said: "The extent of use of plastic drinking straws is at this stage unknown and an audit across services will determine current usage.

"The findings of this audit will inform the steps we as an organisation needs to take as we aim to move towards becoming plastic straw free."