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BackPlastic carrier bags or - as defined in the Directive proposal - “plastic bags” are a frequently used everyday product, used for carrying shopping but also to protect and wrap products such as food for example
It is possible that the ecological effects caused by littering the environment with plastic waste, including thrown away plastic carrier bags, are still underestimated. That the latter do not only have an aesthetic impact, but also have a detrimental effect on marine fauna and flora, as well as birds has been proven by now.
