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European Commission takes steps to reduce plastic pollution

16/01/2018

Today the European Commission has stepped forward to address plastic pollution with the release of its Strategy on Plastics in the Circular Economy, says the Rethink Plastic alliance, of which Friends of the Earth Europe is a member. The Strategy lays out the Commission’s approach to reduce the impact of plastic pollution, including a commitment …

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New EU waste law finalised

18/12/2017

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 …

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Citizens, policy makers, NGOs: Learn to focus on enough

30/11/2017

Our current level of overconsumption is plundering the Earth’s resources at a faster rate than they can be regenerated. This cannot last forever – and we are beginning to see the impacts of the system breaking down. Not only at the environmental level, but also at the social one. The number of murdered environmental defenders …

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Open Letter to Environment Ministers

17/11/2017

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 …

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For the environment and human rights: let’s put the brakes on economic growth

06/11/2017

One of the most pressing needs of our age is to veer away from the cliff-edge that overconsumption is driving us towards, and find new ways to live in a world that — to quote Mahatma Gandhi — “has enough for everyone’s needs, but not for everyone’s greed”. But how do we get there? On …

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3 key steps towards a future free from plastic pollution

28/09/2017

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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