MEPS BACK TEXT OF NEW EU SINGLE USE PLASTICS LAW
March 1st, 2019
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has approved the planned ambitious European Union (EU) directive banning a majority of single use plastics items across all 28 member states. The law now awaits a final confirmatory vote from the EU Council of Ministers - expected to be a formality given the EU parliament and council struck a deal on its terms in January (2019).
The directive is to ban the sale of across the EU by 2021 of single-use plastic cutlery (forks, knives, spoons and chopsticks); single-use plastic plates; plastic straws; plastic beverage stirrers; cotton bud ...
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