Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2015-04-28-Speech-2-392-500"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2015-04-28"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Reducing the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags (A8-0130/2015 - Margrete Auken)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20150428.26.2-392-500"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2015-04-28-Speech-2-393-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Deirdre Clune2
lpv:spoken text	"Plastic bags used by consumers to carry food products (between 15 and 50 microns in thickness), targeted by the directive, pose a greater environmental risk than thicker ones. Due to irresponsible consumer habits, 90% of these bags are thrown away after first usage, amounting to 8 billion bags turning into waste every year. Decomposition of plastic bags can take hundreds of years, making accumulation a major problem. Plastics constitute a large part of marine debris, especially the single-use items: packaging, bags, bottles. Even those plastics which are degradable do not entirely disappear into nature. After a certain time, they turn into microscopic particles, microplastics, which are harmful to the environment and especially to marine ecosystems."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; TRAN (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3 substitute; EMPL (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Deirdre Clune (PPE ),"1 "in writing. ‒"1

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