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Pollution: detachable bottle caps will leave the shelves
As of Wednesday, July 3, all bottle caps will have to be attached to the neck. A measure that has been well received, from Marseille to Paris.
(France 2)
As of Wednesday July 3, all bottle caps must be attached to the neck. A measure well received, from Marseille to Paris.
Clean-up operation on the beaches of Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), Friday June 28. Very quickly, one of the volunteers comes across a plastic cap. Small and easily misplaced, plastic bottle caps represent 10% of the waste found on the beaches. Participating in the clean-up awakens the conscience of some. In total, 50 caps were collected in one hour of collection.
Corks will have to be attached to bottles from July 3. “For me it’s embarrassing when I drink”, confides a Parisian, not very excited by the measure. But overall, most of the residents interviewed welcome this new standard: “It avoids hitting traffic jams, I also find it more ecological”comments a young woman. Good news for associations and scientists: “(these wastes) are smaller and more likely to be ingested” by marine fauna, explains Gaëlle Darmon, independent researcher at WAO.
