”A total ban is proposed for single-use plastic items for which alternatives in other materials are already readily available: cotton buds, cutlery, plates, straws, drink stirrers and balloon sticks. MEPs also added oxo-degradable plastic products and fast food containers made out of polystyrene to the list.

For the rest, a range of other measures is proposed:

- Consumption reduction targets of 25% by 2025 for food containers and 50% by 2025 for cigarette filters containing plastic

- Obligations for producers of items such as wrappers, cigarette filters, wet wipes etcetera to cover the costs of waste-management and clean-up (so called extended producer responsibility)

- Collection target of 90% by 2025 for drink bottles (for example through deposit refund systems)

- Labelling requirements for sanitary towels, wet wipes and balloons to alert users to their correct disposal

- Awareness-raising

For fishing gear, which accounts for 27% of sea litter, producers would need to cover the costs of waste management from port reception facilities. EU countries should also collect at least 50% of lost fishing gear per year and recycle 15% of it by 2025.”

⇒ I don’t think medical waste falls under this change.