25/11/2014 (Agence Europe) - Single-use plastic bags - MEPs endorse agreement. In Strasbourg on Monday 24 November, the European Parliament environment committee gave its backing to the first reading agreement reached in trialogue on 17 November on draft legislation seeking to reduce the consumption of light, single-use plastic bags which pollute the EU's seas and oceans (see EUROPE 11202). Confirmation by the Parliament and the Council of the EU is now no more than a formality. (AN)