This will be the big resolution of the beginning of 2016: no more single-use plastic bags! Whether they are free or paid, the The law on energy transition will soon prohibit their distribution in shops. This will be a small revolution for customers and supermarkets, who are already preparing to change their habits.
Every year, 17 billion plastic bags are distributedand 8 billion are left in the wild. Used for only a few minutes, they take hundreds of years to degrade and are often ingested by marine animals and birds.
To combat this pollution, the government has voted to ban the delivery of single-use plastic bags (originally planned for 1 January 2010).er January) in supermarkets. Although the measure has been postponed, it should still be taken before the end of March.
Although the decree is not yet ready, the mass distribution is! Indeed, a voluntary agreement was put in place in 2003. It allowed a substantial decrease of 94% in bags distributed from 10.5 billion to 600 million per year.
On the side consumersThe change also seems to be underway. Whereas a few years ago, customers used to take the airlocks by the handful and turn them into garbage bags, now they are now using reusable carrier bags !
This is an environmentally friendly gesture...
