OK, a lot of EU big-wigs want to save the planet, as well as all us humans who live on it.
So they introduce an infuriating law that says that bottle tops on all plastic bottles of 3 liters or less must have the tops connected to the bottle.
This is so annoying. I haven't yet met anyone who thinks it a good idea. We all just tear the tops off and use the bottles as we always did before.
In our household it is Lady M who is in charge of recycling, and she is very insistent that we do our bit. What the council then does with our glass, plastic, or paper, is anyone's guess. We have no control over what happens once it leaves the recycling bins.
Will it save any Dolphins, or our children from having their brains filled with micro plastics? I have no idea. What I do know is that 'Nanny State' politics really gets on people's nerves.
I know there'll be one or two Snowflake-Dungaree-Wearing-Eco-Woke-Do-Gooders who will defend the policy, but, reassuringly, everyone I've discussed the matter with thinks it's a load of bloody nonsense. And it doesn't stop people simply discarding their plastic bottles on the ground once finished.
One really has to wonder what Brexit was all about when we still follow every new EU ruling!
Having said all that, I'm actually very anti litter/waste/beach rubbish/etc. I just wish that the young people who eat their lunches in our nearby graveyard were the same; Filthy Pigs. Better to EDUCATE THEM, rather than annoying the rest of us!
We have the misfortune to live around 3/4mile from a McDonalds, a Costa and a Greggs. From the waves of detritus spilling out onto pavements and verges, their customers are totally ignorant of the purpose of the many litter bins so thoughtfully provided by the council.
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