[quote]European Union member states will be encouraged to tax or even ban plastic bags under proposals to tackle the tons of plastic waste that enters the water system and kills wildlife.Some countries, such as Denmark, have greatly reduced the use of plastic bags by introducing mandatory charges. Monday's initiative aims to spur all 28 EU states into action.
The proposals, if adopted by member states and the European parliament, would require EU nations to cut their use of the thin plastic bags given away in shops. But they fall far short of an EU-wide ban.
It would be up to EU countries to decide how to limit use by introducing taxes, national targets or possibly bans.
"Some member states have already achieved great results in terms of reducing their use of plastic bags. If others followed suit, we could reduce today's overall consumption in the European Union by as much as 80 percent," Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik said in a statement.[/quote]
I can only find old sources, but I heard on the news that it passed and is to be adopted.
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My family already reuses plastic bags for shopping, we have a whole drawer filled with plastic bags.
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;43550505]My family already reuses plastic bags for shopping, we have a whole drawer filled with plastic bags.[/QUOTE]
Same! As well as we use bigger, tougher bags, some cloth, some just woven, tough plastic.
I AM HELPING, EARTH, PLEASE, DON'T DIE
I use cloth bags for everything except meat. They're actually really convenient, I just throw them in the wash with towels so I don't even find myself doing extra laundry.
The tax has already been introduced here at ~5p per bag, and honestly it's been extremely effective
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