The proposal also requires EU countries to collect 90% of single-use plastic drink bottles by 2025 and producers to help cover costs of waste management and clean-up.
In Japan, all government ministries have prohibited the use of single-use plastics in their cafeterias and shops, as a rule, and more companies are abolishing the use of plastics as well.
The environmental impact of plastics is enormous, and Canada and the EU have adopted a bill banning the distribution of disposable plastic products by 2021 in order to create a sustainable society.
Now the European Commission is proposing new EU-wide rules to target the 10 single-use plastic products most often found on Europe's beaches and seas, as well as lost and abandoned fishing gear.
Dopper's mission is to achieve a world in which people are conscious of the environment we live in, where the amount of single-use plastic is reduced and where everyone, near and far, has access to safe drinking water.
The Commission has proposed new rules to reduce the 10 single-use plastic products most often found on Europe's beaches and seas, as well as lost and abandoned fishing gear.
After Wednesday's European parliamentary vote, the environment commissioner, Karmenu Vella, said:“Today we are one step closer to eliminating the most problematic single-use plastic products in Europe.
Under the premise of convenience, we got used to a bag for everything, a plastic sleeve for a single slice of cheese or teabag, and a single-use plastic bottle for water.
Hammond added that he would continue to study the use of single-use plastic in takeaway cups but had concluded that a tax would not be effective in encouraging widespread reuse.
As well as pledging to promote sustainable food systems by encouraging resilient agricultural practices, tackle poverty through sustainable management of natural resources, and promote the use and sharing of environmental data, ministers said they would significantly reduce single-use plastic products.
Meanwhile, 71% globally believe that single use plastic products should be banned as soon as possible, and support for such a move breaks the 7 in 10 barrier in 19 of the countries surveyed.
Sixty countries and around 350 US municipalities had introduced restrictions on single-use plastics by the end of last year, while the European Parliament passed a directive that calls for more than 90% of drinks bottles by 2025.
Costa Rica recognizes the risks and damage caused by the effects of single-use plastic and non-recoverable micro plastics on the marine environment,” Edgar Gutiérrez-Espeleta, the country's Minister of Environment and Energy, said in a statement.
The agreement says the countries involved are committed to“tackling the damage the unsustainable disposal and use of plastic products does to our ecosystems and significantly reduce the use of single-use plastics by 2030”.
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