Shoppers cross Oxford Street in central London August 15, 2013. REUTERS/Toby Melville
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A draft EU law to tackle Europe's mountain of plastic bags has pitched Italy, Britain and their rival eco-packaging firms against each other, as efforts to hammer out the details enter the final stage.
The executive European Commission last year proposed to limit the number of thin, single-use plastic bags handed out in shops but stopped short of an outright ban.
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