Fianna Fáil's Bill will be debated Image: Shutterstock/Africa Studio Fianna Fáil's Bill will be debated Image: Shutterstock/Africa Studio A PROPOSED NEW law which aims to ban certain types of single-use plastics will be debated in the Dáil next week.
It would also give the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the power to make certain regulations banning certain plastics and to permit the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare programmes for monitoring the use of harmful plastics in the manufacture, distribution and sale of consumer products in Ireland.During the summer, the Cabinet agreed to publish new laws that will outlaw the sale, manufacture, import and export of products containing plastic microbeads.
“The government has failed to follow suit with their own Microbeads Bill which is currently stuck at Second Stage. The government Bill deals only with primary microplastics microbeads) and does not provide for the considerable volume of other plastics that are polluting our shared environment,” said Clifford-Lee.
Minister for Climate Action Richard Bruton said in September that he’ll be bringing forward a number of “radical actions” to reduce waste and manage resources more effectively.This “radical” strategy will see the government banning plastic plates, cutlery straws, balloon sticks, cotton buds sticks, polystyrene cups and food containers.
Ok but there needs to be a single use alternative to wooden cutlery and paper straws, both of these are horrendous, especially milkshake through a paper straw!
Which bin do I put a biodegradable plastic in?
But biodegradable plastic is still plastic. Little particles of plastic all over the place instead of 1 piece
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