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It doesn't help with ocean pollution at all, because plastic rubbish from Germany and other EU countries wouldn't end up in the ocean either.
by konschubert 3y ago
It doesn't help with ocean pollution at all, because plastic rubbish from Germany and other EU countries wouldn't end up in the ocean either.
- tuukkah 3y agoDon't you think the payment incentivises people to return their bottles for reuse versus leaving them lying at parks etc.?
- joncrocks 3y agoYes, it might. I think the point the grandparent comment was making was that plastic rubbish in parks most likely will not end up in the oceans. I think the most common sources are: * Plastic netting * Plastics from countries without any/lacking waste infrastructure
- tuukkah 3y agoWell, plastics that end up in the environment will degrade by the elements into microplastics, and rainwater will carry them to the oceans (or salt lakes, but I know none in Germany). There are differences in statistics between EU countries, they might tell something interesting. EDIT: "considered to be at risk of missing one or more material-specific targets, with plastic being the most critical material: Plastics: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Spain" https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2023%3A304%3AFIN&qid=1686220362244 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A20...
- trickstra 3y agoThat is unless they sell it to Philippines who promptly dump it into rivers, which is exactly what happens. https://www.dw.com/en/german-plastic-floods-southeast-asia/a-47204773 https://www.dw.com/en/german-plastic-floods-southeast-asia/a...
- konschubert 3y agoToday I learned, thank you.