This month, officials from UN member states will gather in Ottawa to discuss progress in drafting a legally binding global treaty to combat plastic pollution, which...
Last week, Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on revising EU procedures and control measures for waste shipments. The agreed law aims to protect the...
In 2021, each person living in the EU consumed on average 77 lightweight plastic carrier bags (LPCBs), which is 11 bags less per person, compared with...
The Commission is proposing for the first time measures to prevent microplastic pollution from the unintentional release of plastic pellets. Currently, between 52 and 184 thousand...
The United Nations Environment Assembly, meeting in Nairobi, has just agreed to launch negotiations on a legally binding global agreement to combat plastic pollution. EU diplomacy...
The revised Waste Shipment Regulation proposal [1] tabled today by the European Commission is a welcome step forward, but more needs to be done to mitigate...
On 27 September, the Commission welcomed an important new step taken by the Circular Plastics Alliance to boost the EU market for recycled plastics and ensure...