Good news, Monaco is following in Nice’s footsteps on plastic ban
On October 20, the Monegasque government announced the end of single-use plastic. An initiative already started in Nice.
“We can’t do everything, but our territory can pave the way”. This declaration made by Christian Estrosi on September 10 finds a new echo.
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More than a month after the city council announced the end of single-use plastic in the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis for 2024, a similar decision is taken in principle.
Three years to change everything
The final maturity of our Monegasque neighbors is also set at 3 years. The government’s action plan, announced by Valérie Davenet, Director of the Environment, is made up of three phases.
In 2022, food packaging around fruits and vegetables, non-biodegradable tea bags and plastic toys distributed in children’s menus banned.
Disposable cutlery for snacks will become chargeable and companies will provide crockery at employee catering locations.
2023 will make it possible to take a step forward with the elimination of disposable tableware in restaurants, unless customers do not consume on site. Receipts will no longer be edited unless the consumer requests them.
Finally in 2024 all single-use food containers will be relegated to oblivion.
Actions already carried out
Since June 2021, plastic plates, cup lids, expanded polystyrene containers, confetti and other oxodegradable products are prohibited.
Long before that, our neighbors had banned the use of single-use plastic bags in 2016. In 2019, straws and stirrers in this same material were taking their reverence. March 2020 marked the end of the release of balloons and lanterns.
This strict policy applies in the framework of the plan “Zero single-use plastic waste by 2030” put in place by the princely government. A measure aimed at protecting marine fauna.
Indeed, the Mediterranean holds more microplastics per square kilometer than the 7th continent. A concentration that makes it the most polluted sea in the world.