EU Parliament Approves Ban on Single-use Plastics

• European lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for an EU-wide ban on single-use plastic products such as the straws, cutlery and cotton buds that are clogging the world’s oceans.

Key Facts

• Aside from the ban on a dozen kinds of disposable products for which alternatives exist, the EU will encourage member states to reduce the use of plastic packaging and introduce stricter labelling rules.
• The law sets a target that 90 percent of plastic bottles will be gathered for recycling by 2029 and that they should be produced with 25 percent recycled material by 2025 & 30 percent by 2030.
• Rules insisting that polluters pay ....