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on Thursday March 28 2019, @04:56AM
from the California:-'We're-banning-straws!'-EU:-'Hold-my-big-gulp.' dept.
from the California:-'We're-banning-straws!'-EU:-'Hold-my-big-gulp.' dept.
On Wednesday the EU Parliament voted to ban
single-use plastic products such as the straws, cutlery and cotton buds that are clogging the world's oceans.
The ban will take effect in 2021.
Product categories banned include: Cutlery, plates, straws, polystyrene food and drink containers, cotton swabs with plastic stems, and plastic grocery bags. Additionally,
Rules insisting that polluters pay the costs of a clean-up are strengthened, particularly for cigarette manufacturers, who will have to support the recycling of discarded filters.
According to the EU Commission, the waste caused by these products poses a threat to wildlife and fisheries.
No word on disposable diapers.
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The hardware's, of course.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday March 28 2019, @05:49AM (1 child)
ban the EU Parliament?
I'm sure there is a process for doing so should there ever be a serious coherent desire. Shouldn't take much. Just vote "Dissolve", and poof! Up in smoke, like it never happened, like Bobby Ewing coming out of the shower.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @08:09AM
Money.
Whenever the question is "why" the first answer to consider is "money"
It is probably cheaper to mold plastic in to sticks than to construct waxed cardboard enmass