Following its ban on plastic bags in July, France took it a step further. A new measure took effect last month, which forces plastic dish manufacturers to start making their products only from biodegradable material by 2020.
Ecologists are applauding the new law, but not everybody is happy. Some speculate that it violates European Union rules on free movement of goods and hurts the consumers. "We are urging the European Commission to do the right thing and to take legal action against France for infringing European law. If they don't, we will," Pack2Go Europe, an organization representing European packaging manufacturers told The Associated Press.
The ban aims not only to reduce the pollution caused by plastic, but to lower the energy consumed and waste produced by the plastic processing industry.
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