Abstract
The French government has proposed what it says is a “world first” plan to radically transform plastic production and consumption. It is setting a policy in France to recycle 100% of plastic waste by 2025. The proposal, which has yet to be approved by the French parliament, would make industries producing many plastic goods responsible for recycling them. The French plan is a marked step up from legislation already agreed on by the European Commission. That legislation stipulates, among other things, that by May 2021, all European Union member states must ban certain single-use plastic products and ensure that plastic bottles are made of at least 30% recycled material. The UK and Germany also seek to implement their own ambitious policies for plastic recycling that go beyond the requirements of the European Commission. France’s ministry for environment acknowledges that the country has one of the lowest plastic recycling rates in
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