Lightweight plastic carrier bags with a thickness below 50 microns, which represent the vast majority of the total number of plastic carrier bags consumed in the Union, are less frequently re-used reusable than thicker plastic carrier bags and , thus become waste more quickly, are more prone to littering and, due to their light weight, more likely to end up scattered through the environment, both on land and in freshwater and marine-ecosystems .
Lagane plastične vrećice tanje od 50 mikrona, koje čine veliku većinu ukupnog broja plastičnih vrećica koje se koriste u Uniji, rjeđe se ponovno uporabljuju manje su pogodne za ponovnu upotrebu nego deblje plastične vrećice, zbog čega brže postaju otpad, i češće se odbacuju u okoliš. te je vjerojatnije da će, zbog svoje manje mase, biti raspršene u okolišu, i na kopnu i u slatkovodnim i morskim ekološkim sustavima .eurlex-diff-2018-06-20 eurlex-diff-2018-06-20