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| Britain |
| Plastic straws, cotton buds and coffee stirrers could be BANNED in England by next year |
| 2018-04-19 |
| h/t Instapundit Prime Minister Theresa May will today unveil the new rules in a dramatic bid to help clean up the world’s oceans. The prime minister said plastic waste was "one of the greatest environmental challenges facing the world" Around 8.5billion plastic straws are thrown away in the UK each year. Mrs May dubbed the single use plastic items one of "the greatest environmental challenges facing the world" last night. The PM today urged 52 other leaders at the Commonwealth Heads of Government summit in London ‐ whose countries span six continents ‐ to take tough moves as well. But Downing Street would not rule out inflicting extra costs on consumers with the ban, as makers are forced to come up with more expensive wood or paper alternatives. Maybe they should've stayed in EU? |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #2 If I can't get plastic bags where will I put my garbage? I could use paper sacks but that would kill more trees. Oh, no! I have a conundrum! |
| Posted by: Roth LaDoad 2018-04-19 22:45 |
| #1 I, for one, am fine with this. Needless f'in plastic gummin' up the works. Worth paying a little extra to eliminate. Please include plastic grocery bags in the ban. Can't be recycled. That needs to happen here in the US. |
| Posted by: Jack Bonaparte7513 2018-04-19 20:43 |