Brussels, 15/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is to study the possibility of measures for bringing in a total EU ban on plastic bags. Janez Potoènik, Environment Commissioner, announced to the press on Monday 14 March that the European Commission planned to begin reflection on this subject and to carry out an impact assessment.
The commissioner thus meets the request of the environment ministers who recommend a European approach to the question. They had voiced concern at...