Posted on 01/10/2018 7:04:42 PM PST by Olog-hai
Theresa May is to announce a war on plastic waste, with proposed policies including plastics-free aisles in supermarkets and a tax on takeaway containers.
The prime minister will set out her ambition to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste within 25 years in a major speech on Thursday in which she will promise the UK will lead internationally on environmental issues. But campaign groups said the aspirations would need to be backed up by legislation.
They also warned that leaving the EU risked weakening environmental protections, and called for the government to promise it would not water down green standards in exchange for rapid post-Brexit trade deals.
May’s speech, unveiling a much-heralded 25-year plan for the environment in England, drawn up by Michael Gove’s environment department with input from pressure groups, is expected to focus heavily on plastic waste, which she calls “one of the great environmental scourges of our time”.
As reported before the speech, May will promise to extend the hugely successful 5p levy on plastic bags to smaller shops, and seek evidence on a possible charge on single-use plastic containers such as takeaway boxes. …
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Sounds so nice.
So what do we use instead?
These people are nuts. Recycle the plastic. That’s what I do.
I remember it wasn’t so long ago that paper was bad because it was killing trees and plastic was the way to go. Now, plastic is bad. What will be the ramifications of this idiocy?
She and the other Lear Jet Leftists expect to form the core of the global inner Green Party. There they will continue to enjoy the finest foods and most advanced gadgets the world has to offer...while deciding your fate for you.
If you work very hard and show them your unwavering loyalty you may be permitted to join the global Outer Party. You will be allowed occasional servings of meat...and air conditioning on a rationed basis.
The rest of us will eat insects and swelter...for the good of the planet.
Theresa May is an abject MO-RON.
Wow. It’s great to see that Britain has that radical jihadi thing all taken care of, the Royal Navy has enough aircraft for their shiny new carrier, and the NHS has dealt with that months long backlog, and the Prime Minister has time to deal with this goofy bull****.
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Glass jars for peanut butter and such? Step backwards
I hate plastic on my food.
Her country is overrun with Muslims and May is concerned about
plastic bags in grocery stores.
Talk about whistling past the graveyard.
Cloth bags that are irregular and get E coli from meat. Oh and the Moslems will be exempt.
I hate liberals on my food.
ok, thats great if you are a 13 year old girl. Britons need adult things like jobs for her people and less government. May needs to grow up a bit more.
Gonna have to give up the Depends, Terresa. Little splotch on the pants, eh. It’s all for the common good.
But Theresa May is the Prime Minister of the “Conservative Party”.......sarc
Er, Theresa. Who knew?
The whole country is overrun with pigdog murder-muzzies, knifing half the English and throwing acid on the rest, and this is how that slobbering idiot spends her time?
This is the kind of crap that happens when women and pajama-boys run things.
Sure am glad there are no pressing problems for Terri to address.
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