Saturday 27 October 2018

European Parliament to act on single use plastic pollution

European Parliament to act on single use plastic pollution

In order to reduce marine litter European Parliament has voted to ban a range of single-use plastics across the European Union. The European Union proposed a ban of single-use plastics earlier in May this year following the demand from public to reduce and fight marine litter. The proposal asked for EU wide rules that would target “10 single-use plastic products most often found on Europe’s beaches and seas, as well as lost and abandoned fishing gear. Together these constitute 70% of all marine litter items.”
Read more: http://mygoodplanet.com/european-parliament-plastic-pollution/?source=Snapzu

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