Posted on 10/26/2018 9:50:53 AM PDT by reaganaut1
The European Union Parliament has voted to ban single-use plastics.
Parliament, the EU’s legislative body comprised of 751 elected members (MEPs), voted 571-53 in favor of the bill. Banned items will include plastic plates, cutlery, and straws, and the proposal also calls for a reduction in the use of other single-use food and beverage containers such as plastic cups, according to the BBC.
The European Commission, which proposes legislation to the EU Parliament, put forward the ban in May in response to ongoing public awareness of and outcry against plastic pollution, particularly in the world’s oceans. The MEP behind the bill, Frédérique Ries, called the vote “a victory for our oceans, for the environment and for future generations.”
The EU, the world’s second-largest consumer market after the United States, hopes the ban could go into effect across the bloc as early as 2021. If the ban becomes a fully-formed directive before the end of the Brexit transition, the United Kingdom will have to incorporate the guidelines into national law.
The U.S. has also been slowly adopting plastics bans in cities and across states. The city of Seattle and the state of California have already banned single-use plastic straws in specific contexts such as full-service restaurants, and several more cities and states are considering following suit. Some companies have also been proactively promising to ditch plastic straws and single-use plastic packaging, including Starbucks and Ikea.
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And muzzy rapes.
[[The EU are SOCIALISTS.]]
Yup and they just made it illegal to insult islam-
Syringes?
Gloves?
Saran wrap?
Hotel/travel shampoo samples?
Can’t wait until they cast their malevolent gaze upon single-use medical supplies.
Won’t that be fun!
Free love isn’t free
Can’t carry a knife in Britain so I guess restaurants will have to serve food in bite size pieces. g
“..Yup and they just made it illegal to insult islam-...”
They are pandering to the hoards they let in. They dug their hole and this is how they deal with it.
And they will eventually get around to making that mandatory ...
When the laws against smoking were first begun to be propose (at the time it would be voluntary and just have two separate areas) I predicted it was just the beginning. If they could go up against a major player like the tobacco industry and win there is nothing government can not (and in time) would not be able to control.
They always dress it up in something that sounds nice like for the environment but reality is is about power. They have the power and they will bend you to their will.
Next thing they will ban is single use medical devices like syringes and catheters.
These leftist nuts are against every advance the world has made. They want to make energy so expensive that everyone but the masters on top live in caves and eat tree bark. I am just waiting for them mandate blood sacrifices to feed the Sun god so it can rise again tomorrow morning.
“...In fourteen years, they are decomposable...”
“looks like the only freedom the Left supports is buggery.
And dope use.“
Baby killing is still their #1 issue.
What about in the prisons? Metal utensils?
Headline: EU Parliament Votes to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Including Plates, Cutlery, and Straws
Result: Restaurants using these items raise prices by 10%.
So under ten million Swedes will comply, yet over a billion Chinese, and over a billion Indians, won’t bother.
A lot of non-biodegradable trash, is a benefit of westernization, prosperity, etc.
As technical matter, biodegradable plastic-like materials could be used.
I have no idea, what they cost.
https://sciencing.com/biodegradable-plastics-made-soybean-products-22587.html
Technically, Saran Wrap & like products are single use plastic, also. AND the film on frozen dinners.
No more picnics in the EU???
Some counties around me are ending glass recycling it is getting too costly.
yep
yep again
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