Why do so many people hate EU bureaucracy?

Re:Why do so many people hate EU bureaucracy? by jsnell on Sunday September 10, 2023 @03:25PM (#37459078)

Yes, fishing gear is a major contributor to marine plastic litter. It's not a coincidence that this directive then tackled that as well, not just bottle caps like you originally claimed. But obviously the solutions for fishing gear are very different than the solutions for plastic bottles.

The tethered bottle cap is not supposed to solve the problem of making people recycle the bottles, other parts of the directive do that. It solves the problem of the bottle being separated from the cap, such that if the bottle gets recycled so does that cap. Or if the bottle gets thrown in the trash, so does the cap.

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Re:Why do so many people hate EU bureaucracy? by vjerancrnjak on Sunday September 10, 2023 @03:39PM (#37459208)

I'm not sure why you're reframing my statement. I still consider the bottle cap redesign as the weirdest recent directive, based on no evidence.

I am aware that bottle cap redesign was part of a bigger directive. I am aware of that directive because we are already in the polluting paper straw world.

Fishing gear proposal shows the same half-assed attempt at waste collection as is separating plastic, paper and rest. But that is less weird to me, because I know that already a bigger attempt at managing waste is failing in most cities (but is at least a cosmetic improvement). 50% recollection of fishing gear and a 15% recycling effort will be met with similar gymnastics as waste separation and will result in no fines at all.

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