Brussels, 04/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - Obliging the member states to take any measures they see fit to prevent and reduce, on their territory, the use of light plastic carrier bags (finer than 50 microns) designed for single use is the objective pursued by the European Commission through a legislative proposal it adopted on Monday 4 November. This proposal, which has been long expected and has been presented late, is designed to tackle the problem of waste plastic and consists of amending...