The good news of 2018 in our planet

https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2018/12/29/planete-les-plutot-bonnes-nouvelles-de-2018_5403506_3244.html

Businesses may pay to recycle their own waste in United Kingdom

Businesses in England may be forced to foot the bill for recycling or disposing their packaging waste under a landmark government strategy.
Currently taxpayers by way of local councils must pay the £1bn it costs to process this rubbish, with supermarkets and big corporations only contributing around 10 per cent of the money required.

Under the latest plan, those responsible for the waste will be legally obliged to pay for its disposal, and industry will have to pay higher fees if their products are difficult to reuse or recycle.
Read more at:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/recycling-waste-strategy-government-businesses-pay-plastic-pollution-environment-a8687656.html

Single-use plastic items will be banned in European Union by 2021

 

Single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks or cotton buds, will be banned in the EU under plans adopted on Wednesday.

These products, which make up over 70% of marine litter, will be banned from the EU market from 2021, under draft plans approved by Parliament.
MEPs added to this list of plastics banned from the EU market from 2021: products made of oxo-degradable plastics, such as bags or packaging and fast-food containers made of expanded polystyrene.
Read more at:http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20181018IPR16524/plastic-oceans-meps-back-eu-ban-on-throwaway-plastics-by-2021
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2018/12/19/l-union-europeenne-conclut-un-accord-sur-l-interdiction-des-plastiques-a-usage-unique_5399945_3244.html 

The ambitious goal for 100% of renewable electricity in France is viable.

https://www.lemonde.fr/climat/article/2018/12/12/le-100-d-electricite-renouvelable-un-objectif-ambitieux-mais-realisable_5396242_1652612.html