This indicator provides information on the consumption of lightweight plastic bags (bags with or without handle, made of plastic, which are provided to consumers at the point of sale of products or goods and which are less than 50 microns thick) according to Directive (EU) 2015/720.
This Directive requires Member States to take measures to achieve a reduction in the consumption of plastic bags and to report their annual consumption as a monitoring system for their reduction.
Lightweight plastic bags consume a large amount of resources during the production phase and generate serious impacts on the environment once they become waste.
