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Reducing the use of plastic bags in Europe

Europar Batasuneko biztanle bakoitzak 200 plastikozko poltsa erabiltzen ditu batez beste urtean.
Europar Batasuneko biztanle bakoitzak 200 plastikozko poltsa erabiltzen ditu batez beste urtean.

Every inhabitant of the European Union uses an average of 200 plastic bags per year. According to various studies, the duration of use of a plastic bag is 25 minutes and the weight of the bags we consume each year is 750,000 tons, that is, 625,000 cars. It takes hundreds of years to recycle a bag. Paper only takes a few weeks and aluminum 100 years.

By 2019, the EU wants to achieve an 80% cut in the consumption of plastic bags. For this, it will take the example of Ireland as an example: in a few years, consumption per person has increased from 328 bags to twenty, applying tough tax rules.


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