France bans plastic bags, what about the rest of the EU?

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France bans plastic bags, what about the rest of the EU?

Today (1st July), we celebrate here in France, the end of single-use plastic bags !

A lot of work still to be done because this ban concern only "lightweight" shopping bags but it is a first victory in the fight against plastic polllution in France !

I let you discover more in this article: http://www.euronews.com/2016/06/30/france-bans-plastic-bags-what-about-the-rest-of-the-eu/

The great campaign "Ban the bag" of our Surfrider Foundation Europe friends keeps going on to press the European Union to reduce the use of single-use plastic bags in Europe: http://www.surfrider.eu/en/ban-the-bag/

What about plastic bags ban in your respective country ?

 

 

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