Reuters: EU seeks to cut plastic bag use by 80 percent by 2017

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EU seeks to cut plastic bag use by 80 percent by 2017

STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - The European Parliament passed a directive on Wednesday aimed at cutting the use of thin single-use plastic carrier bags by 50 percent by 2017 and 80 percent two years later.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654218/s/39705130/sc/1/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/195168412268/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/39705130/sc/1/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/195168412268/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/39705130/sc/1/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/195168412268/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/39705130/sc/1/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/195168412268/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/39705130/sc/1/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/195168412268/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/39705130/sc/1/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/195168412268/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/39705130/sc/1/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/195168412268/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/39705130/sc/1/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/195168412268/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/39705130/sc/1/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/195168412268/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/39705130/sc/1/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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