EU Parliament overwhelmingly votes to ban single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery and plates, straws and cotton buds sticks by 2021
European lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday for an EU-wide ban on single-use plastic products such as the straws, cutlery and cotton buds that are clogging the world's oceans.
EU Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans said Europe was not the worst source of plastic pollution, but that the pioneering measure could serve as an example to the world.
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