We are a deeply unserious country with a weak and ineffectual Prime Minister:
Single-use sachets for condiments such as ketchup, mayonnaise and soy sauce will no longer be allowed for dine-in customers at restaurants across the EU from Aug. 12 under new packaging waste rules aimed at reducing plastic pollution. The measure is part of the EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which entered into force in February 2025 and will begin applying across member states this summer.
It was inevitable - first they came for the little plastic fish, and I didn’t eat sushi, so I did not complain, and….. you know how it goes.
And you may ask why what the EU does should matter to us, and I’d refer you to that weak and ineffectual PM because it shouldn’t matter, given we are no longer in it, but we have an idiot in No 10. And worse, an idiot that wants to take us back into it, so will do everything he can tonight follow their every move. No matter how idiotic.
Under the regulation, restaurants serving customers on-site will be required to replace disposable condiment packets with alternatives such as refillable dispensers, reusable containers or table-service bottles.The European Commission said the rules are designed to reduce packaging waste and encourage a shift toward a more circular economy.
Oh well, at least we will see a return of these, for a quick nostalgia boost!
If we're going back to the Seventies, we might as well look like it!
The condiment sachet restrictions are part of broader EU efforts to curb packaging waste. Beginning in 2030, additional single-use packaging products, including miniature shampoo and soap bottles commonly found in hotels, are also expected to be phased out under the regulation.
I was wondering why hotels no longer provided these, preferring to fix dispensers to the shower walls instead. And I miss the shower caps but as they were plastic, I guess they are verboten in our brave new world too.
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