Negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, attended by the European Commission, will be able to begin on Tuesday 6 November on the proposal for a directive aimed at reducing the consumption of single-use plastic (which pollutes the oceans) within the EU, and on a full ban on around ten disposable plastic products most commonly found on beaches, a European source confirmed on Monday 5 November.
They did it: EU member states’ ambassadors managed to finalise the...