Politics

PlasticsEurope supports the overarching objective of the “Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment” presented today by the European Commission, namely to reduce marine litter in our seas.

With the amount of harmful plastic litter in oceans and seas growing ever greater, the European Commission is proposing new EU-wide rules to target the 10 single-use plastic products most often found on Europe’s beaches and seas, as well as lost and abandoned fishing gear.

BIR has received information that the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment has officially replied to the General Office of the General Administration of Customs, confirming that the import of high-grade PET as ordinary goods is allowed and in accordance with general trade regulation.

As the European Parliament and Member States gear up for the next negotiations on May 17th, the Council’s latest position promote the inclusion of recycled carbon fuels within the scope …

The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) warns that the EU budget proposal does not go far enough to bring down carbon emissions, reverse biodiversity loss or mainstream sustainability.

Local authorities need to agree a uniform approach to waste collection and agree the end of co-mingled recycling if ambitious new EU targets are to be met. That’s the view of international sorting system specialist, Stadler Engineering, after the European Parliament voted in favour of revised of recycling targets for EU countries.

FEAD members welcome the publication of the draft own-initiative report on a European strategy for plastics in a circular economy by rapporteur MEP Mark Demesmaeker as a step forward for designing a new vision for plastics as part of the transition to a circular economy.

The European Compost Network welcomes the adoption of the Circular Economy Package by the European Parliament.

The waste package that was officially adopted by the Parliament promises higher recycling targets and a more level playing field for the waste market.

The European Parliament has given today the final green light to the Circular Economy Package, thus approving the Waste Framework Directive, the Landfill Directive and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, four years after the first Circular Economy Package was tabled.

Following the adoption by the European Parliament of the final agreement on the Circular Economy Package, FEAD members welcome the progress made to pave the way for the transition to a circular economy.