In a Victory for the Environment Germany Bans Single-Use Plastic and Styrofoam

[Michie]

From the article:


Germany is making major strides towards trying to practice what she preaches in terms of environmentalism.

The country announcement yesterday that it will be implementing a ban on the sale of a multitude of single-use and disposable items in a bid to reduce the amount of plastic and polystyrene waste in the environment.

This includes things like plastic straws, polystyrene cups and boxes (think Cup-O-Noodles), single-use cutlery, plates, and stirring sticks.

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In a Victory for the Environment Germany Bans Single-Use Plastic and Styrofoam

 

[Gregory Thompson]

From the article:


Germany is making major strides towards trying to practice what she preaches in terms of environmentalism.

The country announcement yesterday that it will be implementing a ban on the sale of a multitude of single-use and disposable items in a bid to reduce the amount of plastic and polystyrene waste in the environment.

This includes things like plastic straws, polystyrene cups and boxes (think Cup-O-Noodles), single-use cutlery, plates, and stirring sticks.

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In a Victory for the Environment Germany Bans Single-Use Plastic and Styrofoam

Canada has made a similar plan after discovering that the countries buying the single use plastics from their recycling plants don't want our garbage anymore.

So it's possible, Germany was motivated by similar things happening with their waste dump country.