On the International Plastic Bag-Free Day, EU Ministers must support a European Parliament proposal which sets limits on environmentally damaging single-use plastic bags, according to a coalition of environmental and waste prevention organisations. Every European uses an estimated 500 plastic bags a year on average, 92.5% of which are single-use. Around 90 billion single-use plastic …
Circular economy must focus on land and water
A raft of measures which aims to make Europe use resources more wisely was announced in Brussels today. The proposals are insufficient, according to Friends of the Earth Europe, given the scale of Europe’s resource wastage and its impacts on the rest of the world. The European Commission’s ‘Circular Economy Package’ covers a broad spectrum …
Cleaning up Europe, but just for one day?
Volunteers across Europe will pick up litter this weekend, but where are the strong legislative proposals that Europe needs to tackle the root of the problem, asks Ariadna Rodrigo, resource use campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe. *** This Saturday is Clean up Europe Day. All across Europe volunteers will pick up litter from …
Help stop land-grabbing for palm oil in Liberia
On March 5th the Jogbahn community, from Grand Bassa County in central Liberia, celebrated a major step forward in the struggle to save their land from being grabbed by British palm oil company Equatorial Palm Oil PLC. But, they are in imminent danger unless we act now to help protect their land. After months of …
Resource efficiency platform: disappointing results
A platform led by the European Commission to provide advice on how to reduce resource use in Europe, has not provided concrete steps towards achieving its goal, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. Recommendations issued by the European Resource Efficiency Platform lack ambitious resource reduction targets, and are not in line with the European …
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Conference: four footprints in policy and practice
Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland welcomed a packed room today at their conference exploring how the four resource footprints – carbon, water, land and material – are already being used in policy and in practice. The one day event brought together policy-makers, academics, campaigners and experts from business who are already …
