The entire EU bans the import of all plastic products intended for a single use where there is a nonplastic alternative available. For now this includes plastic plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks, and cotton buds.
Go to any bar or fastfood place in the EU and you can take handfuls of biodegradable paper straws. They go soft after about 30mins but 70% of plastic in the ocean comes from single use plastic so 0.5 billion people not using them any more is a fairly big deal.
In looking it up I also note that several other countries including locations in the US are also increasingly doing the same, so hopefully with more things like that we might be able to slow and limit an exponential buildup of microplastics that will be a catastrophe for the planet's future oceans.
peddlerofmemes
I've not a fan of drip coffee. I like to simmer mine in a pot of water, then pour thru a strainer. Cowboy coffee!!!
eppykaze
You tell me this after plastic straws were banned in my country. You cruel person you.
Like2Fox
You can still purchase reusable straws just like that one
brokenturtle
What hippie type of country is this and is the ban on owning or selling?
KoalaOnTheJuice
The entire EU bans the import of all plastic products intended for a single use where there is a nonplastic alternative available. For now this includes plastic plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks, and cotton buds.
NomDeImguerre
The condoms are in the testing phase.
brokenturtle
That's just silly. Do they expect the entire continent to place their mouths on a glass
KoalaOnTheJuice
Go to any bar or fastfood place in the EU and you can take handfuls of biodegradable paper straws. They go soft after about 30mins but 70% of plastic in the ocean comes from single use plastic so 0.5 billion people not using them any more is a fairly big deal.
KoalaOnTheJuice
In looking it up I also note that several other countries including locations in the US are also increasingly doing the same, so hopefully with more things like that we might be able to slow and limit an exponential buildup of microplastics that will be a catastrophe for the planet's future oceans.