Eurochambers, the association of chambers of commerce and industry in Europe, welcomes the objective pursued by the European Commission to reduce the use of single-use plastic products in the EU to protect oceans, but is crucial about the practical details set out in the draft directive unveiled by the European Commission in May as part of the EU's plastics strategy (see EUROPE 12028).
The main focus is a simple ban on certain single-use products which Eurochambers says‘affect the...