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.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Bot on Thursday March 28 2019, @09:09AM
Funny that as an anti-EU I think they have saved the good rulings towards the end of mandate, to promote the image of EU=no borders=young environmentalists=cool LGBT parties vs. Old greybeard sovranists who want you to go to confession every time you fap, breed 4 babies, and throw their plastic waste directly in the river.
A pity that when there were only the greybeards, in the 1970 european countries, the use of plastic was much reduced, because there was no packaging (guess what, millennials, other than not dying en masse for measles we didn't die of food poisoning, while you are the generation that does not look healthy at all). Also there was a lot of reuse (glass for bottles, that you paid for and redeemed). Single use plastic is just an aspect. Less packaging and every electronic item being repairable and sold with the hardware scheme are equally important.
But ok, we must get used to youngsters going around striking for the environment and social justice with their new iphones bought on amazon. Every generation is hypocrite somewhere, but, damn.
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