EUROPEAN COMMISSION PREPARING PLASTIC BAG LEGISLATION, CONFERENCE HEARS
October 2nd, 2013
THE EUROPEAN Commission has gone on the record and confirmed it is working on a legislative proposal to limit the use of plastic bags. Julius Langendorff, deputy head of unit at the directorate general for the environment said: “We are working on a proposal on plastic bags which we hope will see the light of day still this year,” he said, speaking at an event organised by the European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment (Europen) in Brussels on Wednesday.While he does not know the exact form Brussels’ draft legislation on plastic bags will take, ...
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