At the start of the 1990s, it was much easier to not litter. Over the last 30 years, supermarket chains and big drinks manufacturers like Red Bull have waged – and largely won – a war against reuseable drinks containers, pumping out a stream of throwaway bottles and cans that are harming wildlife, causing problems …
Civil society concerns on EU critical raw materials plan
234 civil society organisations and academics from across Europe and the world are expressing deep concerns with the direction being taken by the European Commission in its new communications on Critical Raw Materials, in this open letter. Reacting to the Commission’s plans published on Friday 4th September, the signatories urge the Commission to realign strategies …
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EU launches plan to lay hands on critical raw materials
The European Commission has released new plans to access certain raw materials. They include an updated list of raw materials deemed critical for the EU; and an associated action plan. These are raw materials that the European Commission deems to be of economic importance to the EU while having supply challenges. These are mostly metals …
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Circular Economy plan: EU Commission “burying its head in the sand”
The European Commission’s new Circular Economy action plan, launched today as part of its European Green Deal, contains a patchwork of some positive initiatives on how we produce, consume and dispose of resources and products but will likely fail to prevent runaway resource overconsumption, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. The package of policy …
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A circular economy within ecological limits
Together with other NGOs and academics, this position paper sets out why we need to set targets to reduce EU resource consumption and waste generation in the European Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan, ahead of its release in March 2020. We urge that a headline target to halve the EU material footprint by 2030 …
“Capital of trash”: Zagreb citizens rise for change
20,000 protest against mayor – and win over City Assembly While Croatian seaside pearl Rijeka boasts of the title “European Capital of Culture 2020“, Zagreb is known as the “EU’s capital of trash”. Zelena Akcija/Friends of the Earth Croatia coined this moniker in 2015, after a study revealed the city had the worst record of …
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