France plans to introduce a penalty system in 2019, which will increase the cost of consumer goods with packaging from unsuitable for processing plastic. This is written by Euractiv, the “EP” reports.

The project is part of the commitment to use only recycled plastic throughout the country by 2025, said the Ministry of the Environment official.

Brun Poarson, Secretary of State for Environmental Reform, said that this step is one of several that will be implemented in the coming years, including a return deposit scheme for plastic bottles.

“It is not enough to declare war on plastics, we need to transform the French economy,” she said.

According to Poirson, according to the new plan, the products in recycled plastic packaging can cost up to 10% less.

“When there is a choice between two bottles – one of the recycled plastic, and the other is not, the first one will be cheaper,” she said.

Emmanuel Guichard of the Federation of Plastic Packaging Manufacturers Elipso cautiously welcomed the French plan.

“There is a choice for bottles, but we can not forget about other things.” Today there is no recycled plastic for yoghurt containers, “he said.

The image in social networks of marine fauna that suffocates from plastics, as well as initiatives such as “plastic attacks”, when consumers throw out all the packages from their purchases from supermarkets, began to influence politics around the world.

France is currently processing about 25% of its plastic. She has already banned disposable plastic bags in supermarkets.

The French government also seeks to increase taxes on the utilization of garbage in landfills, while reducing taxes on processing operations, hoping to solve the growing problem of tons of plastic falling into the oceans.

Supermarket chains Carrefour and Leclerc said that they would stop selling plastic straws in the coming months, ahead of the law that prohibits them from 2020.

The European Commission also wants to dramatically reduce disposable plastic items, announcing in May rules requiring the use of alternative materials.

Over the past 10 years, plastics production has grown by more than 40% worldwide, mainly for packaging.

Every year, Europeans generate 25 million tons of plastic waste, but only less than 30% of them are recycled. According to the strategy, by 2030 this figure should grow to 55%.