Re:EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021
by simion314 on Thursday March 28, 2019 @12:58PM
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If my local river is full of garbage does it help that some other country has even more garbage? I see this laws helping also with the local plastic problem.
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Re:EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021
by cf498 on Thursday March 28, 2019 @01:16PM
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Does your local river actually have a plastic problem? I am not sure thats a problem in western countries with functioning waste management systems. I thought the water problems we had were generally from industrial or agriculture runoffs. Am I wrong?
Re:EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021
by dashundchen on Thursday March 28, 2019 @01:21PM
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It definitely is a problem in the US, whether there is awareness or not.
https://www.usgs.gov/news/widespread-plastic-pollution-found...
This is just in water, I would not be surprised if there is a problem of similar magnitude with accumulation in soil.
Re:EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021
by simion314 on Thursday March 28, 2019 @01:34PM
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Yes it has, I live in Romania, in a village, the things got better since the garbage collection was made mandatory(though the locals complain about having to pay), So I am fine with EU forcing "civilization" on us because our politicians are not interested in this things.
Anyway my point still remains, if we can reduce the plastics in our countries by using bamboo,paper,glass,metal or better alternatives why should not do it because some other country is polluting more. Similar if China air pollution is huge then I still care that my local air is clean.