The EU Commission is considering a tax or a ban on plastic bags as it tries to cut down on their use and fight pollution.
The Commission called for suggestions on Wednesday on how to deal with the billions of bags used in the European Union each year, but which take hundreds of years to decompose.
"Fifty years ago, the single-use plastic bag was almost unheard of.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/eu-aims-slash-plastic-bag-use
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/christopher-le-coq
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plastics
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hazardous-products
