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Montevideo, March 31st 2025 - 12:02 UTC

Tag: EU bans

  • Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 08:04 UTC

    EU bans use of plastic cutlery and cottons buds by 2021

    Growing concerns about plastic pollution in oceans and stories of dead whales with plastic in their stomachs have prompted the EU to take more drastic steps

    Single-use plastic items such as straws, forks and knives as well as cotton buds will be banned in the European Union by 2021 following a vote by EU lawmakers last Wednesday as the bloc pushes manufacturers to step up their recycling efforts.