Supermarkets sell extra-thick "cheat" bagsGerman Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) has urged supermarket operators to comply with the current ban on plastic bags in stores. According to the report, supermarkets and discounters would simply make disposable plastic bags a few micrometers thicker in order to be able to offer them legally. The environmental aid accuses markets of offering bags with wall thicknesses between 50 and 60 micrometers to circumvent the legal ban. For example, EU law currently prevents a ban on thick-walled bags, Lemke said. In Germany, 1.49 billion lightweight plastic bags with wall thicknesses of less than 50 micrometers were still in circulation in 2019 - before the ban came into force.

Source: The Munich Eye June 18, 2022 17:10 UTC