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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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(Score: 2) by fritsd on Thursday March 28 2019, @04:48PM (2 children)
Between 23 and 26 May, depending on country.
So in 2 months.
https://www.european-elections.eu/ [european-elections.eu]
If you want to ban the EU Parliament, then you probably should vote for the ENF group [enfgroup-ep.eu], Europe of Nations and Freedom [wikipedia.org], but you should research for yourself and not take my word for it.
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Thursday March 28 2019, @07:46PM (1 child)
Junker's goal appears to be a post-civil war United States instead of a pre-civil war United States. They want all of the federal authority and lack of individual state sovereignty but they want to do it gradually and without risk of being killed.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @07:56PM
I always assumed that the goal of most of the euro politicians, such as Junker, was the return of the Reich.