ITALY PASSES BAN ON PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS DESPITE BRITISH OPPOSITION
June 1st, 2013
THE ITALIAN government has passed a decree law banning the sale of non-biodegradable plastic bags, despite a legal challenge by the British government, which claims Rome is breaching European Union (EU) internal market rules.Italy notified the European Commission on March 12 that it intended to pass a decree that would ban the sale of shopping bags not made of paper, natural fibres, polyamide fibres and polymers. These disposable bags that were still permitted for sale under the new legislation had to bear a clear inscription that said what the bag was made of ...
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