The Ministry of the Environment plans regulations that are contrary to environmental protection - a fee for thick plastic bags

The EU directive on reducing the use of plastic bags is based on the BIO Intelligence Service report commissioned by the European Environment Committee. The comprehensive report, containing 133 pages, presents a full analysis of the consumption of shopping bags in EU member states together with information on what types of bags are abandoned by consumers without control and end up in the environment. According to the report, the best environmental option is the repeated use of plastic bags. For this reason, the European Commission has recognized that the use of the most popular so-called lightweight plastic bags that are considered disposable (not because of their properties, but consumer habits) should be limited. Both the BIOIS recommendations and the EU directive introduce restrictions for bags up to 49 microns. Bags above this thickness are not subject to the directive because they do not pose an environmental hazard. "Countries where reusable plastic bags are the most prevalent do not report significant littering problems" (p. 34) (...). "Thick plastic bags are the best environmental option" (p. 34) (...) because of their properties, which can be seen in practice.

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