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 …
For the environment and human rights: let’s put the brakes on economic growth
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
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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State of the European Union – reaction
Commenting on today’s State of the European Union speech by European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker, Leida Rijnhout from Friends of the Earth Europe said: “We need a fundamental rethink of the kind of Europe we want – in some areas President Juncker seems to recognise this, but in others it is very much business …
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, …
