OT: Amsterdam bans advertising of high-carbon products and services

Meat products are evidently considered high carbon, and those ads are also banned.

From the link:

The city council voted 27-17 on Thursday (January 22) to approve the measure, which from May 1 prohibits advertising for high-carbon products and services such as flights, petrol and diesel vehicles, gas heating contracts and meat products across all public spaces in the city, including on buses, trams, and in metro and train stations.

Also:

The ban covers product advertising –– ads for flights, petrol cars, and meat –– but not corporate branding by fossil fuel and aviation companies, which can continue until contracts expire. Fossil fuel companies and other high-carbon industries can still run campaigns in public spaces, as long as they don’t advertise specific products. That continues until Amsterdam’s contract with JCDecaux expires in 2028, after which all corporate advertising will be prohibited under the new terms.

The pushback followed The Hague’s successful defence of its similar legal fossil fuel advertising ban in April this year.

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How long before McDonald’s quarter pounders are outlawed?

_ Pete

Is listing a cheeseburger on the menu advertising?

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