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Single-use plastics ban approved by European parliament

Source: Positive News

The European parliament has voted for a complete ban on a range of single-use plastics across the union

The European parliament has voted for a sweeping ban on a wide range of single-use plastics in a bid to tackle pollution of oceans and waterways.

MEPs backed a ban on plastic cutlery and plates, straws, cotton buds and even balloon sticks.

Under the proposed directive, such items would be banned by 2021 – barring some procedural obstacles – and 90 per cent of plastic bottles recycled by 2025.

Currently, bottles and their lids account for about 20 per cent of all the sea plastic, a report by the body read.

The European commission described the move as a clampdown on ‘the top 10 plastic products that most often end up in the ocean’. The proposed legislation was passed 571 votes to 53. The BBC reported one MEP as saying that if no action was taken, “by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans”.

The European Commission proposed a ban in May following a surge in public awareness, which has been attributed in part to David…

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