Plastic Bags Usage Europe

In 1994 denmark was the first country to begin charging a tax on them.

Plastic bags usage europe.

They must also ensure all. Under the eu members must reduce their average plastic bag consumption from 200 bags per person in 2015 to 90 bags per person in 2019 and 40 bags per person by 2025. Some 30 of all the generated plastic waste is collected for recycling and recycling rates by country vary a lot as shown in the infographic. In europe energy recovery is the most used way to dispose of plastic waste followed by landfill.

In ireland a 22c plastic bag tax has reduced usage by as much as 90. Half of the plastic collected for recycling is exported to be treated in countries outside the eu. Plastic bags were later introduced in the us with companies marketing the new product as superior to ordinarily paper bags. By 1979 plastic bags were controlling 80 of the bag market in europe.

Following the introduction of the tax usage dropped from. The european parliament has voted for a complete ban on a range of single use plastics across the union in a bid to stop pollution of the oceans. Europe has been very active in its fight against plastic bags. Averaging just 4 bags per person per year.

And since imposing a tax in 2003 denmark has seen the lowest plastic usage in europe.