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Britain plans to ban plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds next year
Posted on 10/22/18 at 9:44 am
Posted on 10/22/18 at 9:44 am
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A ban on use of plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds could be in place by the end of next year, as part of government plans to curb the escalating problem of plastic clogging up Britain's waterways. Michael Gove, the environment secretary, has vowed to "turn the tide on plastic pollution" by stamping out the use of 4.7 billion plastic straws, 316 million plastic stirrers and 1.8 billion plastic-stemmed cotton buds in England each year, many of which end up in rivers and seas. The ban was trailed earlier this year, but it drew criticism from some disability rights campaigners, as straws are vital to help people with conditions such as Parkinson's disease or muscular dystrophy to consume food and drink safely.
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The government will now consult on allowing straws to be sold in pharmacies and letting restaurants and pubs stock straws for customers who ask for them. The distribution and sale would become illegal at some point between October next year and October 2020. It comes after a flurry of announcements of a ban on microbeads, petrol and diesel cars being outlawed by 2040 and a bottle deposit scheme, as Mr Gove seeks to burnish his party's green credentials.
This post was edited on 10/22/18 at 9:53 am
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Posted on 10/22/18 at 9:44 am to RedRifle
FREEDOM
Posted on 10/22/18 at 9:45 am to RedRifle
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cotton balls
story says buds...which is like a q-tip
Posted on 10/22/18 at 9:46 am to RedRifle
I don't see the big deal.
Posted on 10/22/18 at 9:46 am to OldHickory
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FREEDOM
Posted on 10/22/18 at 9:46 am to GetCocky11
i'm going to start stashing straws to sell on the black market in the future.
Posted on 10/22/18 at 9:47 am to RedRifle
Why cotton balls?
Posted on 10/22/18 at 9:47 am to RedRifle
Sucks the government has to step in and prevent us from trashing this place up. It'd be nice if we could police ourselves.
Posted on 10/22/18 at 9:48 am to DavidTheGnome
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Why cotton balls?
title is misleading. story says cotton buds, not balls.
Posted on 10/22/18 at 9:48 am to RedRifle
So dumb.
These types of moves are just feel good.
Straws continue to be demonized when they represent a barely measurable amount of the plastic that enters the ocean.
The vast majority is fishing relating items like nets and consumer items like plastic bottles.
Most of this comes from rivers in Asia not in Britain or North America.
If they want to make a real change, eliminate plastic bottles. I would like to see them try that.
These types of moves are just feel good.
Straws continue to be demonized when they represent a barely measurable amount of the plastic that enters the ocean.
The vast majority is fishing relating items like nets and consumer items like plastic bottles.
Most of this comes from rivers in Asia not in Britain or North America.
If they want to make a real change, eliminate plastic bottles. I would like to see them try that.
Posted on 10/22/18 at 9:54 am to Helo
Plastic bags should be banned. Lazy I’m at for should bring your own cloth bags to grocery store. Doesn’t make you a Lib
Posted on 10/22/18 at 9:55 am to Helo
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If they want to make a real change, eliminate plastic bottles.
Maybe they know they can't and are trying to eliminate plastic where they can.
Posted on 10/22/18 at 9:55 am to Helo
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If they want to make a real change, eliminate plastic bottles. I would like to see them try that.
when I was in china a few months ago there was a huge ad campaign discouraging the use of "single use plastics".
Posted on 10/22/18 at 9:57 am to RedRifle
My facilities in Britain have been paperless since 2012. 
Posted on 10/22/18 at 9:58 am to Morty
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Plastic bags should be banned
Or just recycle them like I do
Posted on 10/22/18 at 10:02 am to RedRifle
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cotton buds
Now we're banning plants? This is getting out of hand.
Posted on 10/22/18 at 10:08 am to RedRifle
Posted on 10/22/18 at 10:16 am to RedRifle
yet, no one thinks of the plastic water bottles?
straws!! straws!!!
remember people, this all started from a 9 year old making this up.
Look it up!! That is a fact.....
Liberals are ridiculously gullible.
straws!! straws!!!
remember people, this all started from a 9 year old making this up.
Look it up!! That is a fact.....
Liberals are ridiculously gullible.
Posted on 10/22/18 at 10:21 am to MorbidTheClown
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which is like a q-tip
Then how is one to clean their ears??
My Uncle's method of using his car keys makes me nervous
Posted on 10/22/18 at 10:35 am to OysterPoBoy
banning cotton buds...
how will cats/gerbils/hamsters be artificially inseminated? how will people clean their ear wax out and be made to use fake beeswax from candles? I guess mom will have to use the bobby pin <-------next on the banned list because the bobby pin is sexist and racist; as it should be the betty pin and be black not brown.
how will cats/gerbils/hamsters be artificially inseminated? how will people clean their ear wax out and be made to use fake beeswax from candles? I guess mom will have to use the bobby pin <-------next on the banned list because the bobby pin is sexist and racist; as it should be the betty pin and be black not brown.
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