France, May 6 -- Most major retailers have made little progress towards targets set under France's anti-waste laws, the survey by consumer group Que Choisir Ensemble and NGO No Plastic In My Sea said.

Volunteers visited 1,659 stores from 11 major chains including Carrefour, Lidl, E.Leclerc, Intermarche and Auchan between 7 and 21 February.

France's AGEC anti-waste law, adopted in 2020, requires single-use plastics to be phased out by 2040. A second law passed in 2021 aims for 20 percent of supermarket products to be sold without packaging by 2030.

"There is a gap between the commitments being displayed and the reality on supermarket shelves," Lucile Buisson, environment officer at Que Choisir Ensemble, said. "Plastic remains omnipresen...