By a comfortable majority (51 to 10 with 3 abstentions), the members of the European Parliament’s environment committee supported and tightened up a draft directive unveiled in May to reduce the use of single-use plastic in the EU in order to tackle pollution of the oceans.
"Prohibit, reduce, tax, but also replace, warn: the member states have many options to choose from. It is up to them to choose wisely and up to us to keep pushing for more", said Belgian MEP...