Single-use plastic was supposed to be a problem Europe left behind. Four years after the European Union outlawed plastic straws, cutlery, plates and Styrofoam food containers, the items remain a routine sight on takeaway counters and café trays from Berlin to beyond. What was framed as a decisive environmental turning point has instead exposed the … The post The plastic that refuses to go away: How Europe’s ban is being ignored, bent and bypassed appeared first on Times Kuwait .