Will plastic reappear on supermarket shelves? ? According The world Monday, November 28, the public rapporteur of the Council of State asked for the cancellation of the decree which prohibited the packaging of fruit and vegetables. This measure, stemming from the anti-waste law for a circular economy, entered into force on 1 January. The Council of State, which generally follows the opinion of the rapporteur, should render its decision in the coming days.
In particular, the rapporteur pointed to a problem of legal interpretation. The ban was contested by professionals in the plastics and fruit and vegetable sector such as Interfel (Interprofession of the fresh fruit and vegetable sector), which welcomed a “very good analysis by the public rapporteur”nearby World.
Environmental associations are worried about a potential backtracking. “The risk is therefore high that we will end up with a whole series of exemptions which will make the ban completely ineffective”, said Moïra Tourneur, from Zero Waste France. The association, together with Surfrider Foundation Europe, has written to the government asking for “maintain a firm and operational ban and not just a facade”.