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Just because your properly-disposed straw in Vienna won't end up in the ocean doesn't mean the bill doesn't accomplish its goal of reducing ocean waste. It just
by scrollaway 8y ago
Just because your properly-disposed straw in Vienna won't end up in the ocean doesn't mean the bill doesn't accomplish its goal of reducing ocean waste. It just means the bill has wider-reaching impact than its stated goal.
If that wider-reaching impact is, more generally, to reduce plastic waste as a whole... then I'd say this is great.
Given the amount of people who think like you, though, I'm quite glad the EC is micromanaging. Reason is hard to come by.
- Hermel 8y agoThe problem is that by micromanaging, the commission violates the principle of subsidiarity. This is not the first time and I generally don’t have much trust in anyone who disregards his own stated principles whenever convenient.