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Re:EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021 by ddebernardy on Thursday March 28, 2019 @03:08PM (#19515468)
If you're able to bring your re-usable bag to a store or pay extra for a new one, perhaps you can also bring your own cutlery when you eat on the go or pay extra for some wooden ones?
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Re:EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021 by usrusr on Thursday March 28, 2019 @04:00PM (#19515991)
> or pay extra for some wooden ones

Even if it was plastic: at least you'd get a chance to say no. Of all the single use food utensils handed over counters, a considerable fraction isn't even wanted by the customer and only accepted because denying would be extra effort for both sides.

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