More than two years since the European Commission launched its revised proposals to tackle resource use and waste in Europe, negotiations have come to an end and a new EU law to tackle waste for the next 20 years has been finalised. The new law will ensure an improvement in waste management across Europe, but …
Open Letter to Environment Ministers
Friends of the Earth Europe, together with an alliance of European-wide civil society organisations, has sent an open letter to Environment Ministers from all EU Member States urging them to support more ambitious measures ahead of final negotiations on amendments to EU waste legislation. We call for binding reduction targets for marine litter and food …
3 key steps towards a future free from plastic pollution
Plastic is one of the fastest-growing pollutants in the world. However, real solutions already exist to the plastic pollution crisis. Ahead of its proposed Plastics Strategy, and together with the Rethink Plastic alliance, we’re calling on the European Commission to show global leadership with an ambitious strategy and binding legislation.
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Open Letter from Rethink Plastic to the European Commission
Rethink Plastic – a new European alliance to cut plastic use, of which Friends of the Earth Europe is a member – has sent an open letter to the European Commission calling on them to propose strong and harmonised EU legislation within the EU Strategy on Plastics – due to be published at the end …
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Separate collection: the path to composting
Amigos de la Tierra/Friends of the Earth Spain undertook this report which looks at the separate collection of biowaste in six different cities and municipalities in Spain. A survey of 40 questions was carried out, including demographic characteristics, amounts and types of collected biowaste, collection and treatment options used, costs, products sold and production process, …
Enough excuses: time for governments to break free from plastic bags
More than seven months after EU Member States were scheduled to start the process of slashing the use of plastic bags through the Plastic Bags Directive, Friends of the Earth Europe and 17 other environmental NGOs join Surfrider and Zero Waste Europe to mark the 8th International Plastic Bag Free Day. In this important year where …
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