{"id":73410,"date":"2019-04-24T12:17:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T12:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=73410"},"modified":"2019-04-24T12:17:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T12:17:13","slug":"ban-on-single-use-plastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/ban-on-single-use-plastics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban on Single use Plastics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<strong>Question:Which of the following voted overwhelmingly for ban on single use plastic products?<\/strong>\n<br>(a)\t European Union Parliament\n<br>(b)\t Asian Countries\n<br>(c)\t G8 Countries\n<br>(d)\t None of the Above\n<strong><br>Answer: (a)\n<br>Related facts:<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n<ul><li>European\nlawmakers voted overwhelmingly for an EU-Wide ban on single-use plastic\nproducts. These single use plastic products are straws, cutlery and cotton buds\nthat are clogging the world\u2019s oceans.<\/li><li>The text had\nalready been approved in negotiations with member states and EU officials and\nit will now be rapidly approved into law. The ban comes into effect from 2021.<\/li><li>Europe was not\nthe worst source of plastic pollution, but that the pioneering measure could\nserve as an example to the world. The EU will encourage member states to reduce\nthe use of plastic packaging and introduce stricter labeling rules.<\/li>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2662621974\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<li>The law sets a\ngoal that 90 percent of plastic bottles will be gathered for recycling by 2029\nand that they should be produced with 25 percent recycled material by 2025, 30\npercent by 2030.<\/li><li>According to the\nEU commission, the products prohibited under the law represent 70 percent of\nthe waste that pours into the world\u2019s oceans, posing a threat to wildlife and\nfisheries.<\/li><li>Every\nyear, Europeans generate 25m tonnes of plastic waste, but less than 30% is\ncollected for recycling. More than 80% of marine litter is plastic.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2019-03-eu-parliament-plastics.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2019-03-eu-parliament-plastics.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/mar\/27\/the-last-straw-european-parliament-votes-to-ban-single-use-plastics\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/mar\/27\/the-last-straw-european-parliament-votes-to-ban-single-use-plastics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:Which of the following voted overwhelmingly for ban on single use plastic products? (a) European Union Parliament (b) Asian Countries (c) G8 Countries (d) None of the Above Answer: (a) Related facts: European lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for an EU-Wide ban on single-use plastic products. These single use plastic products are straws, cutlery and cotton buds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[2529],"class_list":["post-73410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intne","tag-international-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}