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EU will force cosmetic companies to pay to reduce microplastic pollution (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by NightOwl@lemmy.ca to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[–] schnapsman@feddit.de 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh cool, so next they'll tackle car-centric transportation design since an estimated 1/3 of ocean microplastic is tire dust? ...Please?

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Deutsche Bahn go br... "Entschuldigung, Ihr Zug hat 60 Minuten Verspätung"

[–] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Autobahn go br.. "2 Stunden Stau auf der A8"

[–] xor@infosec.pub 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

oh, so that means they'll keep on doing it and pay a pesky fee...
great

[–] peter@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago

Well they'll do whatever is most cost effective, if the fee makes it no longer cost effective then they'll stop. If it doesn't, then the EU at least has extra funds to work on it

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And hike the prices obviously

[–] xor@infosec.pub 0 points 9 months ago

over a .0001% increase in cost? nah...