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Today, the Rethink Plastic alliance and the Break Free From Plastic movement released two reports, an assessment of policy measures adopted by EU countries to phase out single-use plastic and a catalogue of best practices that can be replicated or scaled up to support the transition. They show that further ambition is urgently needed and come as the period for EU Member States to transpose the Single Use Plastics Directive comes to an end on 3 July 2021.
Levels of plastic production, consumption and use are hugely damaging. Reuse measures will enable their reduction, writes Lauren Weir, Ocean Campaigner at the Environmental Investigation Agency.
Rethink Plastic Alliance have written to the European Commission to express our concern about the way the term “plastic” has been defined in draft Commission guidance which, if published, will be inconsistent with the Single Use Plastic Directive legislation.
The petrochemicals sector must be taken into account by the EU if we are truly reduce mehtane remissions. Rethink Plastic responds to a recent EU public consultation on new rules to prevent methane leakage.
This booklet addressing the “mass balance approach” gives 10 recommendations to ensure recycled content in plastics serves a truly circular economy.
Our pellets position paper makes the case for strengthened requirements on reporting, use and disposal, and supply chain verification under EU chemicals legislation in order to eliminate plastic pellet pollution.
Rethink Plastic alliance position paper for effective restrictions on intentionally-added microplastics
Two-Pager Summary of Rethink Plastic alliance position paper for effective measurements to restrict intentionally added microplastics
The panel session was held as part of the October 2020 Writing the New Story of Plastic Virtual Conference with #breakfreefromplastic. The panel features: MEP Martin Hojsík, Kingsmill Bond of […]