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Use of plastic bags in Greece plunged 98.6% in the last 3 years

February 12, 2020 environment Comments Off on Use of plastic bags in Greece plunged 98.6% in the last 3 years

The use of plastic bags plunged 98.6% in Greece’s supermarkets in 2019 when compared with 2017, when the state raised their cost. At the same time, Greek households purchased more than 17 million reusable bags in the last three years, the Research Institute of Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA) said in …

Use of plastic bags in Greece’s supermarkets decreased by 76% since the fee imposed

June 5, 2018 environment 3

The usage of plastic bags has sharply fallen in the last months mainly due to the charge on plastic bags but also due to several campaigns. The measure not only brought extra revenues for the government through the Value Added Tax, totaling one million euros from January to March 2018. …

Charging plastic bags decreased their purchase at supermarkets by 80%

February 6, 2018 Lifestyle 6

Sales of plastic bags sold at Greece’s supermarkets went down 80 percent in the month of January, just 31 days after the Environment Ministry imposed a charge of at least 4 cents per bag. According to surveys conducted by Research Institute of Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA) in supermarket chains but …

Greece introduces Eco-Tax on plastic bags to tackle environmental issues

January 2, 2018 environment 15

With the new year, Greeks are confronted with a new habit: pay for plastic bags in their grocery shops. The government has introduced a so-called Eco-Tax of 4 cents for every plastic bag the environment unaware Greek puts his veggies and staples. The measure went into effect on January 1st …

Greek ministry to impose extra tax on supermarket plastic bags

June 7, 2017 environment 13

The era of free plastic bags in Greece’s supermarkets will soon be over. A bill prepared by the Environment Ministry provides that Greek supermarkets will have to impose an extra charge on plastic bags consumers use to carry their purchases home. What will be the charge? According to some media, …

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