Up to 12.7 million tonnes of plastic enters the oceans each year. About three quarters of the marine litter in the world's seas is plastic. As from the 3rd of July 2021, according to the legislation adopted by the European Parliament in 2019, single use plastic items such as straws or plastic plates will be forbidden. This infoclip illustrates the uses of various sort of alternatives to single use plastics in fast-food and shopping.

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Infoclip: Alternatives to single use plastics

Title: Infoclip : Alternatives to single use plastics

A waitress serving dishes on wooden container

People sitting at a table and taking out their dishes from paper bags and starting to eat with alternative cutleries

A woman taking some water in a wooden glass and a salad in a wooden container

Close up of recyclable cutleries (forks and knives) and drinking straw in wooden and corn starch

A group of people walking into a market and buying some legumes and fruits in paper bags

Two persons buying hamburgers in paper wrappings

A group of people having a picnic on a bench, taking out their dishes from paper bags and paper wrappings

A woman storing the groceries on the boot thanks to paper bags and recyclable bags

A woman storing the groceries in the fridge ; close up of paper bags, recycled polymer bags and alternative wrappings