Little plastic straws become big environmental crises
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In the UK, 7.7 billion plastic bottles are used every year. Every year, about 80 million tons of plastic is poured into the sea. The ocean looks endless. It seems that no matter what humans do, it will not affect it, but we are wrong. The humble plastic tube takes hundreds of years to degrade.
At present, the severity of ocean pollution has caused widespread concern worldwide. Since April 2020, the United Kingdom has strictly prohibited the sale of plastic straws, plastic mixers, and plastic swabs. These measures will be fully implemented in England, and it is hoped that these measures can limit marine pollution, and the United Kingdom will also take new corresponding measures to improve the control measures. The British measures are recognized by environmental protection organizations and require the government to take more effective measures and actions.
To what extent will small objects such as plastic straws and plastic mixers that are visible every day be affected? The government’s press release released new provisions on “prohibition of the supply of plastic straws” and hopes to achieve the effect of restricting the number of straws.
Out of consideration for the necessity of drinking straws for disabled people, and for their mood, they can buy drinking straws without showing a disability certificate, and also to prevent them from dehydration. In addition to online stores and pharmacies that can be sold, other stores, including the market, cannot sell plastic straws. According to the content of the announcement, it can be provided in places such as pubs and restaurants at the request of people, but it is not allowed to sell actively.
So what else is in the file? Plastic mixers are banned. For plastic swabs, although they can be sold to the public, they are mainly sold to medical uses, scientific research, or criminal forensics. Defra said that about 1.8 billion plastic cotton swabs are used and discarded in England every year. During the filming of “Blue Planet 2”, David Attenborough, our familiar “Father of World Nature Documentaries”, witnessed the ocean with his own eyes while dedicating a frame of beautiful blue pictures to the fall Plastic pollution. After this landmark documentary, the government made a decision to ban plastic and took action. At that time.
Environment Minister Mr. Gove had been worried about the marine life that was hurt by plastic, and proposed a series of Discussing the measures of sex items, he said: For such items that are used for a few minutes but take hundreds of years to decompose, they will eventually enter the ocean and damage marine living resources. Therefore, we must not only for ourselves but for future generations. While England is taking measures, the Welsh government is doing similar preparations, and the European Union has also listed a list of some plastic materials and restricted them that officially adopted a plan.
At the same time, informal organizations are also doing with related efforts, environmental organizations agree with the government ‘s actions and measures, but are still concerned about plans for further implementation; WWF optimistic about the measures of various countries, calls for full control of disposable plastics by 2025; Marine Protection Association It is found that 17 plastic cotton swabs can be found per 100 meters on the beach in England. Gove believes that the recycling rate should be increased to reduce plastic consumption. When seeing the use of degradable plastics in takeaway restaurants, the Campaign to Protect the Country of England believed that the use of alternative products by Mr. Gove would also cause harm to the environment and that the production of disposable items should be completely banned.
