European Parliament seals ban on throwaway plastics by 2021

• Single-use plastic cutlery, cotton buds, straws and stirrers to be banned by 2021

• 90% collection target for plastic bottles by 2029

• More stringent application of the “polluter pays” principle

The following products will be banned in the EU by 2021:

• Single-use plastic cutlery (forks, knives, spoons and chopsticks)
• Single-use plastic plates
• Plastic straws
• Cotton bud sticks made of plastic
• Plastic balloon sticks
• Oxo-degradable plastics and food containers and expanded polystyrene cups