• barsoap@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Banning straws (generally, single-use plastics) as well as non-attached bottlecaps is the most effective way to keep EU beaches clean. They had a look at what’s out there and those were the big offenders that could be addressed so they’re doing it.

    …also the only bad thing about those silicone straws I bought is that they’re too short for bottles. It really is the ideal material for the application.

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      6 months ago

      Yeah, the beach nearest to me just had a coal power plant reactivated last year. Nothing we can do about that though.

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        6 months ago

        Is that coal power plant producing plastic waste or are you perhaps talking about an entirely different problem that need to be addressed by separate legislation?