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Use this template letter to ask your national Environment Minister to call for ambition in the now foreseen adoption of an EU restriction on intentionally added microplastics.
The aim of this report is to understand the factors enabling the misdeclaration of plastic waste exported from Spain, with particular interest in intra-EU shipment flows.
This two page brief, highlights what the EU can do to stop illegal plastic waste trade, complementing investigative report “Understanding illegal plastic waste shipments: a focus on Spain.”
On the occasion of the European Week of Waste Reduction, Break Free From Plastic, the Rethink Plastic alliance and over 30 signatories sent an open letter to European Vice President Timmermans and Commissioner Sinkevicius on reuse to achieve waste reduction.
Letter from Surfrider Europe, Rethink Plastic alliance and Break Free From Plastic to the European Commission on evidence of breaches on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment regarding the SUP Directive.
The Rethink Plastic alliance welcomes the precautionary approach proposed by the EU’s new roadmap for a framework for bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics. Policy is necessary to guide a reasoned shift towards sustainable material sourcing, resource-efficient consumption patterns and ensure the transition to circularity and material prevention are prioritised.
The European Environment Bureau and the Rethink Plastic alliance have released a short paper making the case for why manufacturers must provide data in line with the “no data, no market” principle, if they wish to market polymers in the EU.
Two-Pager Summary of Rethink Plastic alliance position paper for effective measurements to restrict intentionally added microplastics – in Romanian.
Two-Pager Summary of Rethink Plastic alliance position paper for effective measurements to restrict intentionally added microplastics – in Portuguese.