Black Friday, a pre-Christmas consumer binge designed to boost sales, is facing opposition in parts of the EU because it promotes "overconsumption and waste."

Some French MPs are trying to ban advertisements for Black Friday, which comes after Thanksgiving in the US but is being promoted globally.

A French parliamentary committee on Tuesday approved an amendment to the country's "anti-waste law" that called for a ban on advertisements for the retail holiday because of its "disastrous environmental record."

The "anti-waste law" aims to conserve resources in France and was passed in October of this year. 

Companies in France will now be banned from destroying un-sold products. The amendment targeting Black Friday will still have to get government approval to become law, meaning that it will not effect this year's advertisements.

A collective in France called "Make Friday Green Again", which is made up of around 600 French companies, is already boycotting the holiday.

The group said on their website: "We did not want to participate in Black Friday Day, which encourages over-consumption…The real cost of this day is social and environmental."

The day has also been historically marked with protests in the EU, specifically against the online retail giant Amazon. This year, two NGOs and a Union in France, Attac, les Amis de la Terre and Solidaires association of unions, are organizing protests against the company for its environmental impact.

The group has vowed to organize dozens of protests throughout France to make Black Friday a "Black day for Amazon."

In 2018 Amazon workers in Italy, Spain, Germany and the UK have staged protests on this holiday. Around 600 Amazon warehouse workers walked out on Black Friday in Germany and hundreds of workers protested in front of warehouses in the UK. 

The Amazon employees were protesting working conditions in the warehouses, specifically on the weekend after Black Friday and Cyber Monday when online sales dramatically increase each year. 

The day also delivers mixed results for businesses in the EU. The average person in the UK is expected to spend $405 on Black Friday, according to Black-Friday Global.

However, the places that they will spend are changing. In 2018, the number of people visiting real high-street shops actually fell by 3.7 % compared to 2017 in the UK on Black Friday, according to the UK based consultancy Springboard.

Shopping centers in the UK saw the biggest fall of 8.3% less people than 2017. Online shopping rose by 7.3% on Black Friday, but this was way below the projected 13.2% rise.

Overall sales in the EU went up in varying degrees depending on the country. In Germany sales increased by 2418 % compared to a normal retail day, said Black-Friday Global. 

An average consumer in Germany will also spend $239 on Black Friday.

By comparison, sales in Spain only increased by 706%.