France "European Times" recently published an article saying that January 3 is the first day after the New Year holiday opened the Greek supermarket business, customers found that before the free plastic bags began to charge, receive 0.04 euros per bag (about 0.31 yuan RMB). Greek Ministry of the Environment said the move aims to reduce the amount of plastic bags and promote environmental protection.
Article excerpts are as follows:
Proceeds from the sale of plastic bags will be handed over to the Greek Recycling Bureaus for environmental projects under the decree effective 1 January 2018. From 2019 onwards the level of charges will be raised to € 0.09 per plastic bag (about 0.7 RMB At present, the new regulations are not applicable to street kiosks and open-air markets for now.
The EU passed a decree in 2015 that will reduce the use of plastic bags per person per year in the European Union to 90 by 2019 and 40 by 2025.
The Greek Recycling Bureau said that the current use of Greek bags is much higher than the European average.The survey showed that in 2016 Greece used 400 plastic bags, of which more than half came from the supermarket.The survey also showed that the supermarket plastic bag charges After 60% of Greeks will use their own shopping bags, only 10% of people will continue to use plastic bags.
At present, many Greeks have no habit of reusing articles. According to Eurostat, less than 20% of domestic waste in Greece is recycled and reused.