Europe bans single-use plastics. And glitter could be next.
For the European Union, it was the final straw. Final single-use plastic straw, that is. The E.U. parliament on Wednesday voted to ban single-use straws as well as single-use plastic cutlery, stirrers, plastic plates and balloon sticks in a move that could lead to a ban on single-use plastics in E.U. member states by 2021. The new laws also say that, by 2025, the content of plastic bottles should be 25 percent recycled.
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