Energy, Environment & Transport

EU nails rapid-fire deal on single-use plastics

Negotiators of the European Parliament, Council and Commission struck a provisional agreement early Wednesday morning (19 December) on banning single-use plastic products like cutlery and food containers, in what is one of the most quickly finalised proposals in recent EU memory.

Commission VP Frans Timmermans (C) attends an event organised by activists in November called "slaying the plastic pollution monster". [Rethink Plastic]

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