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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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She won' go Warp 7, Cap'n! The batteries are dead!
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday March 28 2019, @06:18PM
Assuming you live in Europe somewhere, because in the U.S. plastic cups and straws are very much still everywhere.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"