reduce littering Archives - One Earth - One Ocean e. V. https://oneearth-oneocean.com/tag/reduce-littering/ Wed, 25 Dec 2013 11:44:24 +0000 de-DE hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-oeoo-logo-unterzeile-blau-1-32x32.jpg reduce littering Archives - One Earth - One Ocean e. V. https://oneearth-oneocean.com/tag/reduce-littering/ 32 32 Questions and answers on the proposal to reduce the consumption of plastic bags https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2013/questions-and-answers-on-the-proposal-to-reduce-the-consumption-of-plastic-bags/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/nonresearch/2013/questions-and-answers-on-the-proposal-to-reduce-the-consumption-of-plastic-bags/#respond Wed, 25 Dec 2013 11:44:24 +0000 http://www.oneearth-oneocean.com/kb/?p=133 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-945_en.htm Brussels, 4 November 2013 Questions and answers on the proposal to reduce the consumption of plastic bags What is the overall aim of this proposal? The overall aim is to promote waste prevention and reduce littering. It requires Member States to take measure to reduce the use of lightweight plastic bags on their territory. The proposal takes the form of an amendment to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. What are the main components? The proposal contains two basic elements. First, it amends Article 4 (prevention) of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, requiring Member States to take measures to reduce consumption of lightweight, less frequently re-used plastic bags (with a thickness below 50 microns). Second, it stipulates that these measures may include the use of economic instruments (such as taxes and levies, which in some Member States have proved to be very effective), national reduction targets, as well as marketing restrictions in derogation of Article 18 of the Directive, subject to the Treaty’s internal market rules.

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]]> http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-945_en.htm Brussels, 4 November 2013 Questions and answers on the proposal to reduce the consumption of plastic bags What is the overall aim of this proposal? The overall aim is to promote waste prevention and reduce littering. It requires Member States to take measure to reduce the use of lightweight plastic bags on their territory. The proposal takes the form of an amendment to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. What are the main components? The proposal contains two basic elements. First, it amends Article 4 (prevention) of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, requiring Member States to take measures to reduce consumption of lightweight, less frequently re-used plastic bags (with a thickness below 50 microns). Second, it stipulates that these measures may include the use of economic instruments (such as taxes and levies, which in some Member States have proved to be very effective), national reduction targets, as well as marketing restrictions in derogation of Article 18 of the Directive, subject to the Treaty’s internal market rules.

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