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European Parliament votes to slash plastic bag waste
2014-04-17 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Plans to cut plastic bag use by 80 per cent across the European Union have taken a major step forward, after the European Parliament gave the green light to a new package of regulations designed to slash plastic bag waste. MEPs yesterday voted strongly in favour of the European Commission's proposals that would require all member states to clamp down on single use carrier bags. The plans would also make it legal for countries to impose an outright ban on plastic bags without contravening single...
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