Brussels, 05/03/2015 (Agence Europe) - Further progress was made on Tuesday 3 March towards adopting legislation to reduce consumption of single-use light plastic bags which are polluting EU seas and rivers. The Council formally adopted its common position on the draft directive amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste. The decision was no more than a formality and was taken without debate (see EUROPE 11220).
Under the terms of the common position, which formalises the...