Plastic Oceans: MEPs back EU ban on throwaway plastics by 2021
EU Parliament votes to reduce plastic use. Single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks or cotton buds, will be banned in the EU under new plans and these products which make up over 70% of marine plastic litter. – single-use cutlery, cotton buds, straws and stirrers to be banned from 2021 –…