The End Of Plastic Cutlery, Plates And Straws: EU Market Says Goodbye To Single-Use Plastic Products

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Europe wants to lead the fight against plastic pollution. On January 18th EU countries confirmed the provisional agreement on a new directive to introduce restrictions on certain single-use plastic products. In 2021 EU citizens will say goodbye to plastic cutlery, plates, and straws, among others...

 

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Yes! Well done!! Hope other countries join in this effort!! We created this plastic epidemic then is up to us to end it.

The US should be leading with initiatives like this

Votes for Trump and I absolutely support this. Silly it’s not already a thing.

Brilliant news. What about the rest of us?

Hey MayorOfLA GavinNewsom let’s bring this to LA and California. Not just fast food. But everywhere. There are compostable alternatives that won’t kill our planet.

JeffersonObama I’m not going to miss plastic cutlery.

A small step in the right direction.

90% of the plastic garbage that ends up on the beaches is from China

Progress

I guess they never heard of recycling or proper waste disposal

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