<story><title>EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021</title><url>https://www.fastcompany.com/90326383/eu-to-ban-plastic-plates-cups-and-cutlery-by-2021</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ineedasername</author><text>Really? I&amp;#x27;ve never seen it in the US, except in the form of wooden coffee stirrers.</text></item><item><author>danielbln</author><text>And wooden single-use cutlery is pretty common already today.</text></item><item><author>seszett</author><text>Why wouldn&amp;#x27;t they just switch to paper plates instead?</text></item><item><author>patrickaljord</author><text>They&amp;#x27;re banning single use plastic only. Other plastic plates are not banned. Given how much it costs in Europe to rent square meters to store stuff I wonder if event companies won&amp;#x27;t just buy multiple-use plastic plates and just throw them away anyway as it&amp;#x27;s cheaper than to pay personal to clean them, transport them to containers and then rent the space to store them, secure them etc.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>saluki</author><text>You see them some in the US, there are also some that are that are made from corn. They feel&amp;#x2F;flex like plastic but are biodegradable.</text></comment>
<story><title>EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021</title><url>https://www.fastcompany.com/90326383/eu-to-ban-plastic-plates-cups-and-cutlery-by-2021</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ineedasername</author><text>Really? I&amp;#x27;ve never seen it in the US, except in the form of wooden coffee stirrers.</text></item><item><author>danielbln</author><text>And wooden single-use cutlery is pretty common already today.</text></item><item><author>seszett</author><text>Why wouldn&amp;#x27;t they just switch to paper plates instead?</text></item><item><author>patrickaljord</author><text>They&amp;#x27;re banning single use plastic only. Other plastic plates are not banned. Given how much it costs in Europe to rent square meters to store stuff I wonder if event companies won&amp;#x27;t just buy multiple-use plastic plates and just throw them away anyway as it&amp;#x27;s cheaper than to pay personal to clean them, transport them to containers and then rent the space to store them, secure them etc.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>happymellon</author><text>Yes. My local cafe has metal spoons for my yoghurt if I&amp;#x27;m eating in, but wooden if I&amp;#x27;m taking out.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s not unusual in the UK.</text></comment>