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How to achieve 100% recycling of plastic packaging?
The European Commission recently proposed banning the use of disposable plastic products, such as cotton swabs and plastic straws, and placing the burden of cleaning waste on manufacturers to reduce marine waste. Under the proposal, disposable plastic products with ready-made substitutes would be banned and replaced with more environmentally friendly materials. The proposal also calls for EU countries to collect 90 percent of disposable plastic beverage bottles by 2025, and producers to help pay for waste management and cleaning. But the proposal still needs to be approved by the European Parliament and the European Commission and is expected to pass before the European general election in May 2009. McDonald's refuses to "ban plastic straws" Meanwhile, at McDonald's investors'meeting, shareholders voted against a proposal to ban plastic straws at McDonald's in the United States. Elaine Leung, a board member of the proposal and a member of SumOfUs, a marine biologist and global consumer advocacy group, said McDonald's consumes an average of 95 million disposable plastic straws a day, millions of which are thrown away in a few seconds a day, after Starbucks. Merchants with the most straws. The McDonald's board of directors said the ban on straws was unnecessary and unnecessary. The ban on plastic straws meant switching to non-disposable or biodegradable straws, and the resources required to adopt the proposal would affect other McDonald's environmental initiatives. |