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EU proposes to ban plastic straws, stirs, and cotton buds
Associated Press ^
| May 28, 2018 8:47 AM EDT
Posted on 05/28/2018 7:20:55 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The European Union is proposing bans on plastic products like cotton buds, straws, stirs and balloon sticks when alternatives are easily available in an attempt to cut marine litter.
The European Commission said its proposal would seek to cut marine litter in half for the ten most prominent items and avoid environmental damage estimated at over $250 billion over the next dozen years. …
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: balloonsticks; cottonbuds; cottonswabs; envirowackos; eucommission; eussr; marinegarbage; plasticstirrers; plasticstraws; sustainability
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:20:56 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
American tourist arrested for smuggling Q-Tips...
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:22:00 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Urban "food deserts," are caused by "climate change" in urban customers' attitudes (H/T niteowl77))
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:22:11 AM PDT
by
Mercat
To: Mercat
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:23:16 AM PDT
by
Mears
To: Olog-hai
This is what happens when you ban knives. Now they are killin with straws.
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:23:30 AM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
To: Olog-hai
Why don't they just pass a low preventing people from throwing plastic into the ocean?
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:27:07 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
To: Mercat
Another name for cotton swabs.
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:27:18 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
Imaginng a what a boat load of immigrants drop into the water
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:28:03 AM PDT
by
jcon40
(The other post before yours really nails it for me. I have been a DOithS / PC guy forever and alway)
To: Olog-hai
No more plastic straws. Use one and go to jail. But if a “migrant” rapes you, tough $hit, sucker!
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:36:42 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(It's Ok To Be White. White Lives Matter. White Guilt is Socially Constructed)
To: Olog-hai
WTF is a cotton bud? or Balloon stick?
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:41:15 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Olog-hai
shut up!! I need my Q tips.
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:41:47 AM PDT
by
ronniesgal
( I wonder what his FR handle is??)
To: ronniesgal
I always throw my q tips in the ocean. Don’t you?
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:43:16 AM PDT
by
sheana
To: Olog-hai
It will never stop marine litter ,it’s not the West doing it
To: mylife
“Cotton bud” is apparently the British form of “cotton swab”.
A balloon stick seems to be what the name describes, i.e. a stick that is designed to hold a balloon, sometimes with a suction cup on one end.
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:44:33 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
Yea, that’s all good except.... About 90% of the plastic going into the ocean comes from China and SE Asia.
Good luck, Euros.
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:44:48 AM PDT
by
SomeCallMeTim
( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
To: Olog-hai
Europe has a migrant crisis. Violence is on the rise. Separatist movements are gaining traction. And most EU nations are deeply in debt.
So the EU decides to spend its time trying to ban balloon sticks. Just wow.
P.S. My sources tell me the man holding the balloon in the above picture has just been arrested. I guess the EU is serious about this.
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:45:42 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
To: Olog-hai
Americans alone dispose of nearly 500 Million plastic straws.... Per DAY!
It’s mind boggling.
The backlash is now in full swing. McD’s is considering switching to paper straws. ( which, suck!...and not in a good way)
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:47:01 AM PDT
by
SomeCallMeTim
( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
To: Olog-hai
Outlawing disposable diapers next.
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:53:15 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: Leaning Right
What is a Swizzle stick?
Surely we can do without those.
When was the last time you swizzled?
Then there are those little parasols they stick in drinks..
Damn you Carnival cruise lines!
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:53:21 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Olog-hai
A few weeks ago I saw a report here that 8 of the 10 worse sources for plastic pollution were Asian rivers. So the EU makes rules for itself.
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posted on
05/28/2018 8:06:35 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(I can't tell if we live in an Erostocracy (rule by sex) or an Eristocracy (rule by strife and chaos))
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