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A petition launched at the end of April and addressed to the European Commission calls for a ban on these threads used to close garbage bags. It is about their harmful consequences for biological diversity and human health.
Who has never railed against these pieces of plastic when closing a garbage bag full to the brim? Mostly separable from the bottom of garbage bags, ties are one of those objects inhabited by evil: they slip between fingers, they can snap, they require a PhD to tie properly and, above all, they come from petrochemicals. In other words, these smart wires are made of plastic. And for this very reason, they pose a danger to the environment and human health.
In any case, this is what the petition launched at the end of April on the platform change.org, which has been signed by almost 18,000 Internet users, and which calls for a ban, is defending. In the same way as a whole bunch of plastic items that are already banned (single-use dishes, single-use grocery bags, cutlery, cotton buds, straws, etc.) these last