Nations commit to fight plastic pollution together
During the UN general assembly, member States, businesses, the European Commission and the UN Environment have committed to tackle the issue of plastic pollution together.
On the...
ESA report explores what it will take to meet recycling targets
The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has published the second of two new reports exploring what it will take to meet the (weight-based) recycling targets for the...
Eunomia to lead study on how to increase circular potential of product groups
Environmental consultancy Eunomia has said that it is leading a group of six European consultancies in a new study on how EU policy can...
Organisations call for EU action on recycled content for plastics to close circular loop
A coalition of 34 organisations and companies have called for EU action on recycled content mandates for plastics to close the circular loop.
This follows...
Up to €10 billion worth of investments needed to grow recycling capacity at EU...
European waste management federation FEAD has said that up to €10 billion (£8.8 billion) worth of investments is needed to expand the collection, sorting and recycling...
New report finds that EU countries are behind in reducing single-use bags
According to a report by Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) and Surfrider Foundation Europe (SFE), EU countries have fallen behind in phasing out single-use plastic...
UN Environment and European Commission to work closer on new Oceans Roadmap
The UN Environment and the European Commission (EC) have agreed to work closer through the 2018 Oceans Roadmap 2.0, which addresses the main threats...
European Parliament to phase out single-use plastics
The Bureau of the European Parliament has announced that it will eliminate the use of all plastic water bottles and other single-use plastic products.
This decision...
New study finds an increasing global effort to tackle plastic pollution
A new report from UN Environment has found that there is an increasing global effort to address plastic pollution, with growing actions to eliminate single-use...
European Parliament calls for better ecodesign
The European Parliament (EP) has released a new report calling for better ecodesign and has voted in favour of measures to make consumer goods longer-lasting and repairable.
This...
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