by Rob Buurman | 24 October 2018 | Uncategorized
The European Parliament voted in favour of making producers of single-use plastics pay for the clean up costs for litter (Article 8). This will push them to start thinking seriously about prevention and better collecting schemes. It is more fair than the current...
by Rob Buurman and Suze Govers | 24 October 2018 | Uncategorized
Live stream of the Plenary On October 10, the European Parliament Committee on Environment, Public health and Food Safety (ENVI) was the first to suggest amendments to the Commission’s draft proposal of European Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUP Directive). Today,...
by Rob Buurman | 17 October 2018 | Uncategorized
The companies refuse the mandatory tethered caps, and “believe that investments should be directed into technology and infrastructure that will achieve collection of 90% of bottles and their caps by 2025”. (see the image of the lobby letter below) As an environmental...
by Rob Buurman | 17 October 2018 | European Policy, Fair Environmental Policy, old_website EN
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