Pollution: EU lawmakers to ban throw-away plastics
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european union lawmakers moved on wednesday to ban widely-used throw-away plastics such as straws bags and cotton buds putting the burden on manufacturers to recycle more in an effort to clear up ocean pollution1 under the proposal overwhelmingly backed by the european parliament some single-used plastic products with readily available alternatives would be banned by 20211 eu states would be obliged to recycle 90 per cent of plastic bottles by 2025 while producers would help to cover costs of waste management1 eu lawmakers added very light-weight plastic bags polystyrene fast-food containers1 the soldiers added products made of oxo-degradable plastics which critics say do not fully break down to the list proposed by the eu executive earlier this year1 the eus final rules still need to be approved in talks with member states. reutersnan1