23/01/2019 (Agence Europe) – A procedural step was taken on Monday 21 January in Brussels to combat ocean pollution by single-use plastics and to support the EU's transition to a circular economy. Parliament's Environment Committee confirmed the provisional interinstitutional agreement reached in December on the proposal for a directive that will require Member States to ban approximately ten products most commonly found on beaches, restrict the use of certain disposable plastics, set...