Europe has been very active in its fight against plastic bags.
Plastic bags usage europe.
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.
They must also ensure all.
And since imposing a tax in 2003 denmark has seen the lowest plastic usage in europe.
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.
In ireland a 22c plastic bag tax has reduced usage by as much as 90.
Following the introduction of the tax usage dropped from.
Portugal has seen a drop in excess of 85.
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.
Averaging just 4 bags per person per year.
In europe energy recovery is the most used way to dispose of plastic waste followed by landfill.
Kroger and safeway supermarket chains adopted the use of plastic bags in 1982 with other chain stores soon following suit.
In 1994 denmark was the first country to begin charging a tax on them.
By 1979 plastic bags were controlling 80 of the bag market in europe.