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Municipal Waste: Open Letter calls for quantitative Targets

In an open letter sent to the EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, Zero Waste Europe urges the Commission to adopt legally binding European-level quantitative targets for municipal solid waste prevention.
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With the support of 10 Members of the European Parliament and 47 other NGOs, Zero Waste Europe has sent an open letter to the EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, calling for urgent action in order to tackle the waste crisis.

In the letter, the signatories state their concerns regarding the Waste Framework Directive revision’s very limited scope. The signatories urge the Commission to adopt legally binding, European-level quantitative targets for municipal solid waste prevention.

Source: Zero Waste Europe

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